Patents Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS (Societe Per Actions Simplifiee)
  • Patent number: 11820495
    Abstract: A single acting actuator for an aircraft landing gear assembly is disclosed having a piston mounted in a cavity and moveable relative to a housing between a retracted position and an extended position, the piston dividing the cavity into first and second pressure chambers. At least one of the pressure chambers is associated with first and second outlets, with the actuator being arranged such that, in respect of the relative movement in which the pressure chamber is the decreasing volume pressure chamber, in a first stage of the relative movement the first and second outlets are open thereby allowing actuator fluid to flow out of the pressure chamber through the first and second outlets and in a second stage of the relative movement the second outlet is open but the first outlet is closed, thereby acting to slow the relative movement of the piston with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Kerr, David Marles, Paul Gordon L'Allier
  • Patent number: 11820502
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft is disclosed having a fixed wing, a foldable wing tip portion mounted to the fixed wing via a hinge rotatable about a hinge axis between an extended position and a folded position, and an actuation unit for actuating the foldable wing tip portion for movement about the hinge axis. The wing includes a brake unit for securing the foldable wing tip portion in the folded position, and the brake unit is formed separately from the actuation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11814184
    Abstract: An assembly of a pylon and of a nacelle of an aircraft, wherein the nacelle has a structure, a visor, two centering systems and two tensioning systems. Each tensioning system comprises a first fitting, which is attached to the structure and has an engagement wall through which an orifice passes, a second fitting, which is attached to the visor, a threaded rod that is articulated on the second fitting and passes through the orifice, a spring element fitted on the threaded rod against the opposite face of the engagement wall from the second fitting, and an arresting means that blocks the spring element. Each centering system comprises a first fitting, which is attached to the structure and has a bore, and a second fitting, which is attached to the visor and bears a shaft that is accommodated in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: José Goncalves
  • Patent number: 11814156
    Abstract: An actuation unit for actuating a foldable wing tip portion of a wing for an aircraft is disclosed including a motor configured to be mounted to a fixed wing for an aircraft, a drive pinion driven rotationally by the motor, a first rack configured to be mounted to the fixed wing, a second rack configured to be mounted to the foldable wing tip portion, a third rack configured to be mounted to the fixed wing movably along a defined first movement path and drivingly engaged by the drive pinion, and a transfer pinion mounted to the third rack rotatably about an axis of rotation extending perpendicular to the first movement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11816024
    Abstract: A method of testing a system model is disclosed. The system model includes a system parameter and three or more equipment models, each equipment model includes an equipment parameter which models a parameter of a respective equipment. The method includes (a) making a series of changes of the equipment parameter of one of the equipment models so that the equipment parameter of the one of the equipment models adopts a series of test values of the equipment parameter; (b) operating the system model to determine a series of test values of the system parameter, each test value of the system parameter is determined in accordance with a respective one of the test values of the equipment parameter; (c) determining a weight of the selected one of the equipment models, the weight of the one of the equipment models indicates a sensitivity of the system parameter to the series of changes in the equipment parameter of the one of the equipment models; and (d) outputting the weight of the one of the equipment models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Louis-Emmanuel Romana, George Howell
  • Patent number: 11814024
    Abstract: A braking system and a method for applying one or more aircraft wheel brakes according to at least one of a plurality of wheel brake control functions are disclosed. The method includes receiving an indication of an aircraft speed from an aircraft speed indicator, controlling a wheel braking operation of the aircraft according to at least a first wheel brake control function if the aircraft speed indicated by the aircraft speed indicator exceeds a speed threshold, and controlling the wheel braking operation of the aircraft according to at least a second wheel brake control function if the aircraft speed does not exceed the speed threshold. Also disclosed is an aircraft including one or more aircraft wheel brakes and the disclosed braking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPÉRATIONS (S.A.S.), AIRBUS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Andrew Bill, Utsav Oza, Esther Ramirez-Paya, David Joel Clarke
  • Patent number: 11814180
    Abstract: An air management system with a set of compressed air sources for selectively supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment according to an aircraft operation condition. Low pressure air, high pressure air, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Lucía Bayona Revilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Patent number: 11807352
    Abstract: A method for joining two substantially planar fiber-composite structural components, includes stacking the two components on a support jig to overlap along a joining region. A lower component end section within the joining region borders a gap between the upper component and the jig, where the upper component is unsupported by the jig. The gap is bordered on an opposite side of the lower component end section by a filling portion of the upper component or a planar filler element supported by the jig. The lower component is joined to the upper component within the joining region by applying temperature and pressure to the components. A width of the gap allows the upper component to elastically deform along the gap under the pressure and bend down into the gap to abut the jig along the gap and thereby compensate thickness tolerances between the components during the pressure application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Poppe, Hermann Benthien, Thomas Beumler
  • Patent number: 11807359
    Abstract: A flow body torsion box includes a plurality of ribs, a first spar attached to a first end of the ribs, a second spar attached to a second end of the ribs, a first skin, and a second skin. The first skin and the second skin are arranged at a distance to each other to enclose the ribs and the spars. The first skin and the second skin are attached to the ribs and the spars through tie elements to form a torsion box. The tie elements comprise a first attachment end and a second attachment end between which the tie elements are at least partially curved so as to be resiliently deformable along a first direction along a connection line between the first attachment end and the second attachment end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Henrik Lüttmann
  • Patent number: 11807365
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft is disclosed having a main wing, a slat, and a connection assembly movable connecting the slat to the main wing, wherein the connection assembly includes an elongate slat track, wherein the front end of the slat track is mounted to the slat, wherein the rear end and the intermediate portion of the slat track are mounted to the main wing by a roller bearing comprising a guide rail mounted to the main wing and a first roller unit mounted to the rear end of the slat track and engaging the guide rail, and wherein the roller bearing includes a second roller unit mounted to the main wing and engaging an engagement surface at the intermediate portion of the slat track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Krey, Alexander Huber, Bernhard Schlipf, Florian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11807360
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft is disclosed having a fixed wing, a foldable wing tip portion, and a flight latch device for latching the foldable wing tip portion in the extended position, wherein the flight latch device includes a housing, a latch bolt linearly movable relative to the housing, and a motor for driving the latch bolt. The flight latch device includes a threaded shaft having an external thread and being mounted to the housing in a torque proof manner, the flight latch device includes a nut having an internal thread engaging the external thread of the shaft, so that the nut can rotate about the shaft along the external thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11811200
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for installing an aircraft bulkhead connector with a bulkhead is disclosed where access to only one side of the bulkhead is required. The disclosure is also applicable to installation of bulkhead connectors in aircraft fuel tanks. An aircraft bulkhead connector and installation tool is also disclosed. The bulkhead connector includes a female end portion and the installation tool includes a male end portion. The male end portion of the installation tool is removably engaged with the female end portion of the bulkhead connector, such that the installation tool protrudes beyond the female end portion of the bulkhead connector. The installation tool may be inserted through an aperture in a bulkhead and used to both position and hold the bulkhead connector during the installation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Sanderson, Stuart Quayle
  • Patent number: 11801930
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft including a fixed wing and a high-lift device movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The high-lift device includes a movable fence. The fence is movable between a first position in which the fence does not protrude beyond an outer surface of the high-lift device and a second position in which the fence protrudes beyond the outer surface of the high-lift device. The fence is in the first position when the high-lift device is in the retracted position and in the second position when the high-lift device is in the extended position. Further, an aircraft with such a wing, a high-lift device and a fence as well as use of a high-lift device and a fence are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Luc Andreani, Tobias Schreck, Igor Stab
  • Publication number: 20230339593
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage is configured to receive two tanks designed to contain liquid hydrogen. The fuselage includes a first section for a cockpit, a second section for a passenger cabin and a third section (T3) distinct from the first section (T1) and from the second section (T2). The third section (T3) includes two housings each to house a tank. The two housings are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry (P1). This arrangement of the tanks in a section distinct from the other sections allows them to be located as close as possible to the motors that they have to supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: AIRBUS SAS, Airbus Operations SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD, Airbus Operations SL, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Elisa Alvarez López-Herrero, Matthias Wolff, Alexander Broer, Rainer Tegtmeyer, Michael Wießmeier, Till Marquardt, André Anger, Anna-Katrin Wengorra, Marco Dias Figueiredo, Jose Luis Martinez Munoz, Alberto Gallegos Elvira, Kaya Sahin, Guillaume Gallant, Kasidit Leoviriyakit, Philip Wright
  • Patent number: 11794908
    Abstract: A flow body for an aircraft with an integrated de-icing system. The flow body includes a front skin, an internal structural component, a lever having first and second ends, with an attachment point in-between, and an actuator. The actuator is spaced inside the front skin. The lever extends from the actuator to a front skin inner surface, the first end coupling with the front skin, and the second end coupling with the actuator. The attachment point is swivably supported on the internal structural component. The attachment joint is closer to the first end than the second end. The lever and the actuator apply an impulsive force in a transverse direction to the lever, such that the lever rotates around the attachment point, and such the first end urges the front skin to locally elastically deform for removing ice accretion from an outer side of the front skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Bensmann
  • Patent number: 11788658
    Abstract: A duct stringer forms at least part of a duct with a closed cross-section which is adapted to transport fluid. The duct stringer has a duct wall and a female bayonet fitting in the duct wall. The female bayonet fitting is configured to engage with a male bayonet fitting on a fluid transporting conduit to connect the fluid transporting conduit with the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Douglas, Anthony John Bryant
  • Patent number: 11787101
    Abstract: A device for forming a composite laminate (10) for obtaining a Z-shaped profile (1) including: a grip module (5) comprising two plates (6) configured to enclose and grip between the two plates (6) a first portion of the composite laminate (10) that will form a first flange (3), and a feed module (7) comprising two plates (8) configured to enclose between the two plates (8) a second portion of the composite laminate (10), wherein the feed module (7) is configured to heat the portion of the composite laminate (10) located between its two plates (8) and to be movable with respect to the grip module (5) parallel to the plane of the web (2) of the composite profile (1) once formed to a second position in which the two plates (8) enclose the portion of the composite laminate (10) that will form a second flange (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Salvador Romero Esteban, Augusto Perez-Pastor, Melania Sanchez Perez, Katia Fernandez Horcajo
  • Patent number: 11787529
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear is disclosed having a landing gear leg attachable at a first end to an aircraft, and an axle beam, both the landing gear leg and the axle beam being rotatably mounted. The axle beam is rotatable between a first position, in which a first end of the axle beam is a first (shorter) distance from the first end of the landing gear leg, and a second position, in which said first end of the axle beam is a second (longer) distance from the first end of the landing gear leg. A biasing member is configured to be able to bias the axle beam towards the second position. An aircraft, a blended wing body aircraft, and a method of operating an aircraft are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fraser Wilson
  • Patent number: 11780564
    Abstract: A spoiler for an aircraft wing is movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration in a “pop-up” manner. The spoiler includes a hinged top flap movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the hinged top flap is constrained by an actuator, and in the second position the hinged top flap is unconstrained by the actuator. When the hinged top flap is in the second position, airflow over the top surface of the aircraft wing acts to pull the spoiler into the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Bishop, Anthony Bryant
  • Patent number: 11780567
    Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed including a closed surface wing tip device which includes an element or actuator within the wing tip for deforming/morphing the shape of the wing tip between geometrical configurations having different aerodynamic properties, for example including one with better overall fuel efficiency for a shorter journey and one with overall fuel efficiency better suited for a longer journey. The device includes a lower winglet with an essentially planar portion spaced apart from the main body of the wing by a blended transition region which is shaped such that the curvature of the local dihedral increases in the outboard direction. The device includes an upper aerofoil structure which with the winglet essentially forms the closed surface. There is also disclosed an aircraft wing tip device having a sigmoid shaped (e.g. S-shaped) aerofoil structure blending in with a main wing of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Enzo Cosentino, Catherine Llewellyn-Jones, Umberto Polimeno