Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a system to a structure having a base element to retain the system, a positioning element to position the base element at a location on the structure and a fixation device to fix the base element at the location on the structure. The base element has a section for holding the system and a section for being clamped to the structure. The clamping section has an element for alignment on the positioning element. The positioning element has a surface for being bonded to the structure and a positioning section for acting together with the alignment element. The fixation device has a counter element with a clamping area for being positioned on an opposite side of the structure from the clamping section and a fastener for clamping the base element and the counter element to the structure. An installation method for such an attachment arrangement is provided.

Abstract: A wearable device for operating one or more aircraft related systems, a device system comprising a plurality of such wearable devices, a system comprising such a wearable device and one or more aircraft related systems, and an aircraft comprising such a device system. The wearable device comprises: a user interface configured to receive a user input and to output information corresponding to the received user input; a system interface to connect the wearable device to the aircraft related systems; and a control unit configured to communicate with the aircraft related systems via the system interface to operate at least one of the aircraft related systems and to receive information from at least one of the aircraft related systems. The user interface is further configured to output the information received from the at least one of the aircraft related systems.

Abstract: A vehicle cabin arrangement for a vehicle body and a method for lighting a vehicle cabin and for displaying information using such a vehicle cabin arrangement are disclosed. A lighting device with a light-emitting surface directed towards the cabin interior space is provided on a ceiling section. The lighting device has separate lighting elements each having a dedicated light-emitting element surface, which lighting elements can assume different switch-on states and/or light emission states which differ in at least one property of the emitted light. A control device for controlling the lighting device is provided. The lighting elements are arranged so that, both in the direction parallel to the cabin longitudinal axis and in the direction perpendicular to the cabin longitudinal axis, element surfaces are arranged next to one another. The control device can control each lighting element individually with respect to its switch-on state and/or its light emission state.

Abstract: A method for generating fluid pulses is provided. The device comprises a first channel with a first fluid inlet and a second channel with a second fluid inlet, in which the first fluid inlet and second fluid inlet are substantially situated opposite each other. The first channel comprises a first control outlet at the height of the first fluid inlet, and the second channel comprises a second control outlet at the height of the second fluid inlet, in which the respective control outlet is located in front of the respective fluid inlet in relation to the inflowing direction of the fluid inlet.

Abstract: A pressure supply system for a fresh water system is provided. The pressure supply system includes a water reservoir having a bleed air inlet and a water outlet. The pressure supply system also includes a water pump so as to load water, which is loaded with bleed air pressure, with a further pressure downstream until a predetermined nominal operating pressure range is achieved. As a result, the pressure supply system provides an increased redundancy by pressure generator assemblies which are based on different pressure generation principles.

Abstract: An aircraft thermal control system includes a thermal control unit including an internal circuit, an evaporator and a condenser, the evaporator and the condenser being disposed in the internal circuit. The aircraft thermal control system further includes a cooling circuit which is thermally coupled to the evaporator of the thermal control unit, and a heating circuit which is thermally coupled to the condenser of the thermal control unit.

Abstract: A head unit for a stop holder for a drilling machine for purposes of compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole. The stop holder has a front rest section for purposes of resting on the components. The rest section has an axial projection, which forms a second contact surface displaced relative to a first contact surface in the axial direction, i.e., the tool longitudinal direction. Also disclosed is a stop holder, and a method for compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole.

Abstract: A passenger bench seat comprises a backrest, a seat element, a fastening rail which extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat element in the region of an edge of the seat element that faces towards the backrest, and a seatbelt system. In a first configuration of the passenger bench seat, the seatbelt system includes a first number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in first positions which are adapted to the first configuration of the passenger bench seat. In a second configuration of the passenger bench seat, on the other hand, the seatbelt system includes a second number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in second positions which are adapted to the second configuration of the passenger bench seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a seat device of an aircraft or spacecraft, having a seat which comprises a headrest, and a loudspeaker device which includes at least one pair of loudspeakers which are spaced apart from one another and located in the region of the headrest.

Abstract: A method of repairing an affected area of a component of a fiber-reinforced polymer composite, especially having elongate or continuous reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix, is disclosed. The method includes: providing a controlled atmosphere around the affected area of the component; heating the component in the affected area within the controlled atmosphere to cause pyrolysis or depolymerization of the polymer matrix in the affected area and thereby to remove the polymer matrix from the affected area; introducing polymer resin into a space left by the pyrolyzed or depolymerized matrix to refill the affected area.

Abstract: A wind tunnel balance, with a tunnel wall adaptor configured to fasten the wind tunnel balance to a wall of a wind tunnel, an actuator housing connected to the tunnel wall adaptor, a plurality of force sensors arranged between the actuator housing and the tunnel wall adaptor and which are configured to detect forces acting on the actuator housing, a pivot coupling, by means of which an airfoil model of an aircraft can be pivotably coupled to the actuator housing, and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators arranged in the actuator housing and which are configured to controllably deflect an airfoil model mounted on the pivot coupling in three spatial directions.

Abstract: A connecting means provides a connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in a second compartment of the vehicle. The first and the second compartment are separated by a wall. A catering system for a vehicle includes the connecting means. A method provides a sealed connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in second compartment of a vehicle. The connecting means includes a frame, a hatch arrangement for selectively closing and opening a frame aperture with a hatch cover and a bellows arrangement including a flexible bellows. The flexible bellows can be extended from the frame to a storage means located in the second compartment of the vehicle. A continuous passage defined by the flexible bellows and the frame provides a sealed connecting passage between the first compartment and the storage means.

Abstract: A tool for producing a layer with a micro structured outer surface on a substrate surface is provided. The tool includes an elastic matrix web with a negative of the micro structure to be produced, an elastic pressure roller that is movable over a surface, and at least one guiding element for guiding the elastic matrix web relative to the pressure roller. The pressure roller and the matrix web are arranged in such a manner that when the pressure roller is moved over the substrate surface, the negative on the matrix web faces the substrate surface. In this manner particularly good directional stability and guiding precision of the matrix web can be achieved.

Abstract: A refrigerant container, which is in particular suitable for use in a cooling system designed for operation with a two-phase refrigerant, includes a receiving space for receiving a refrigerant that is disposed in an interior of the refrigerant container. Disposed in the receiving space of the refrigerant container is a heat exchanger allowing passage of a further refrigerant therethrough and being configured to remove heat from refrigerant in the liquid and/or gaseous state of aggregation that is received in the receiving space in order to supercool the refrigerant and/or convert the refrigerant to the liquid state of aggregation.

Abstract: A movable coupling for a pipeline, which can be applied in aviation and aerospace. The coupling includes a dip pipe, a counter piece and a displaceable component. The counter piece has a passage, into which the dip pipe is inserted. The counter piece has a holder extending from the passage. The component includes a clearance that the dip pipe extends through. A portion of the displaceable component is received in the holder so the displaceable component can be displaced relative to the counter piece in a direction not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the dip pipe. When the dip pipe moves relative to the counter piece, the displaceable component is tight against the dip pipe and also against the counter piece. A tank arrangement includes a tank with a pipeline connected to the tank and including a movable coupling.

Abstract: A vehicle lavatory, in particular an aircraft lavatory, is described. The lavatory includes a cabin space with a centrally located vertical axis around which a washstand and a urinal unit are located. The washstand and urinal unit are arranged to each have an approximately horizontal surface at their top, such that a person using the lavatory has a location to place personal items during use. The horizontal surfaces of the washstand and the urinal are arranged to exist in the same plane and may be a continuous surface that may additionally cross the entirety of the width of the cabin. The urinal is arranged such that a plane defining the opening of the urinal is at an angle relative to a plane defining a front surface of the washstand such that a person using the lavatory only has to turn slightly to access the urinal and the washstand.

Abstract: A system for the metered dispensing of a fragrance in a toilet, in particular in a lavatory of a vehicle, comprises a fragrance container having a fragrance stored in a receptacle, and a port carrying the fragrance and joined with the receptacle for guiding the fragrance out of the receptacle. The port is connectable with a flushing pipe for the toilet.

Abstract: A fire protection trolley for securing a burning or flammable article, in particular for the interior of an aircraft or spacecraft, includes a sealable, fire-resistant safety container, and an interface connected to the safety container and formed for connection to a counterpart interface of a smoke gas exhaust line for removing a medium located in the safety container. A fire protection device has a fire protection trolley of this type which may be included in an aircraft or spacecraft.

Abstract: A combined toilet grey water system for passenger transportation vehicles such as aircrafts includes a toilet bowl for receiving waste water and a basin for receiving grey water. Moreover, the system includes a flushing line and a flushing valve with an inlet and an outlet. The outlet of the flushing valve is connectable to a vacuum waste water system. The inlet of the flushing valve is connected via the flushing line to the toilet bowl. Therein, the basin is connected to the flushing line in such a way that the basin is connectable to the vacuum waste water system.

Abstract: A protection element for a meshed energy supply network of a means of transport, in particular of an aircraft, a meshed energy supply network having such protection elements, a method for protecting such a meshed energy supply network and a computer program for executing the method. The protection element comprises a control unit, which is formed to deduce a trigger time value from a detected fault impedance value of a network error that has occurred in the energy supply network and to adapt the trigger time value in the event of a subsequent change in the fault impedance value of the network error, and a separation unit for interrupting a connection between the protection element and the network error depending on the trigger time value.