Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
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Patent number: 12077300Abstract: An aircraft galley has a plurality of galley inserts and a master aircraft galley control unit. The galley inserts are connected to the master aircraft galley control unit via an aircraft galley data bus, and at least one panel, wherein the galley inserts each have a status selected from the following group: initialization, standby ON, ON, waiting, interrupted, ended maintenance fault, standby OFF, or stopped/ended. The galley also collects the respective statuses of the galley inserts. The data collector stores information which can be displayed on the panel in accordance with the respective statuses.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Thomas Taddey
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Patent number: 12071221Abstract: A spoiler actuation apparatus for moving an aircraft spoiler. The spoiler is moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The spoiler actuation apparatus includes a guide member, a rack mounted on the guide member and slideable along a longitudinal axis of the guide member, and a gear coupled to the rack, the gear arranged to move the spoiler in response to sliding of the rack. The rack is held at a first position when the spoiler is in the stowed configuration. An actuator moves the rack from the first position to a second position along the longitudinal axis. When the rack is at the second position, the rack is operable to accelerate relative to the guide member away from the second position by an aerodynamic force acting on the spoiler.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventor: Benjamin Bishop
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Patent number: 12071239Abstract: An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar. A lower trailing edge panel is provided with a leading edge attached to the wingbox. The wing includes a flap, a flap deployment mechanism which is configured to deploy the flap, and a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism. A first end of a link is pivotally attached to the lower trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint, and a second end of the link is pivotally attached to the fairing at a second pivot joint. The second pivot joint is lower than the first pivot joint.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventor: William Tulloch
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Patent number: 12071248Abstract: An equipment unit for installation in an aircraft includes an enclosure, in which at least one movable mechanical element is arranged, a supply duct, and a non-return valve, wherein the enclosure includes an inflow port and an outflow port, wherein the supply duct is connected to the inflow port, wherein the non-return valve is connected to the outflow port, wherein the supply duct is connectable to a source of heated air providable in the respective aircraft, and wherein the enclosure is designed that air supplied through the supply duct enters the enclosure through the inflow port, picks up moisture from inside the enclosure and exits through the outflow port.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Jan Haserodt, Christoph Winkelmann
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Patent number: 12065260Abstract: An aircraft including at least one hydrogen engine, at least one hydrogen supply device including at least one hydrogen tank and at least one item of equipment through which the hydrogen flows and which is positioned between the hydrogen tank and the hydrogen engine. The aircraft includes at least one sealed container sealed from the outside air, in which sealed container the equipment of the hydrogen supply device is positioned. This solution allows a safe hydrogen installation to be obtained using existing equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SASInventors: Alexis Pissavin, Lionel Czapla, Alistair Forbes
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Patent number: 12065248Abstract: The invention relates to a seat assembly for a cabin of a means of transportation, having an aisle which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cabin, two mutually spaced cabin walls which are oriented parallel to the aisle at least in some regions and laterally delimit the cabin, two outer passenger seat regions which are separated from one another by the aisle and each of which adjoins one of the two cabin walls, wherein the outer passenger seat regions have at least one row of seats with a respective inner first seat module which faces the aisle, a central second seat module adjoining the first module, and an outer third seat module adjoining the respective cabin wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer
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Patent number: 12060851Abstract: A bypass turbofan with a nacelle delimiting a stream and including a cowl mobile in translation between an advanced position in which a window is open between the stream and the exterior, transmission systems, each of which includes at least one arm mobile in rotation between retracted and deployed positions across the stream, in which each transmission system is mobile in translation between advanced and retracted positions, for each arm, a flexible veil fastened to the arm and alternately occupying a folded or unfolded position, and, for each transmission system, an actuator configured to move the mobile cowl, the transmission system and each arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Lionel Czapla, Benjamin Thubert
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Patent number: 12059854Abstract: A mold core for producing a component of fiber composite material with a cavity makes a particularly simple and efficient demolding process possible by the mold core extending along a longitudinal axis and in the form of a hybrid core and which includes, viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a first core portion and a second core portion, wherein the first core portion has a thickness that is substantially greater than a thickness of the second core portion. The first core portion is formed from a first material with high stiffness and low coefficient of thermal expansion, and the second core portion is formed from a second material that differs from the first material, and is configured such that, under predetermined conditions, its form changes in a predetermined manner such that removal of the mold core from a cavity in the cured component is made easier.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Konstantin Schubert, Jochen Sievers, Hauke Seegel, Jan Looks
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Patent number: 12060965Abstract: A connection assembly between two portions of a supply line for a cryogenic fluid, the assembly including a male nozzle arranged to be at least partially inserted into a female nozzle together forming a tight mechanical link, over a distance of a few centimeters, a thermal insulation chamber for each of the two line portions and an additional thermal insulation chamber to thermally insulate the connection zone of the two line portions, and an expansion chamber for the cryogenic fluid that is configured to be linked to a cryogenic fluid sensor, arranged about the connection zone of the two line portions. This enables two cryogenic fluid line portions to be connected without requiring one portion to be inserted into the other portion over a significant length, thereby enhancing mechanical flexibility and obviating the need for significant free space about the connection assembly to assemble and disassemble the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SASInventors: Philippe Pedoussaut, Najoua Erroui, Hervé Tressol
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Patent number: 12060157Abstract: A mount for a double-walled vessel includes a first support to support the mount against an outer wall of the double-walled vessel, a second support to support the mount against an inner wall of the double-walled vessel, and a flexible member connecting the first support and the second support. The first support and can be arranged at a first end of the flexible member and the second support can be arranged at a second end of the flexible member opposite to the first end. Further described are a vessel including at least one such mount as well as a vehicle including such vessel.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Markus Müller, Albrecht Kluge
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Patent number: 12053910Abstract: An induction heated tool system for receiving and heating polymer-fiber components from a starting temperature to a target temperature includes a tool part having a receiving cutout, the tool part formed from a thermally dimensionally stable material so it has a coefficient of thermal longitudinal expansion less than 10×10?6 K?1, or less than 5×10?6 K?1, or less than 4×10?6 K?1 in the plane of the largest dimension of the receiving cutout, at temperatures between the starting and target temperatures. A receiving cutout for receiving a polymer-fiber component is in the tool part, the receiving cutout delimited by a receiving surface portion so a polymer-fiber component received in the receiving cutout can lie against the receiving surface portion. A susceptor element includes a ferromagnetic material with a first Curie temperature. The susceptor element is on a surface portion of the tool part outside the receiving cutout and the receiving surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Jan Looks, Sebastian Kerger, Paulin Fideu Siagam, Konstantin Schubert
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Patent number: 12054273Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fastening element and an engine pylon with two rear covers. Each cover includes a movable lower cover mounted articulated on a rear portion in which in the closed position, the two movable lower covers are moved together and in which in the open position, they are tilted and moved apart from each other. For each movable lower cover, a hinge system, and at least one locking system locks the two movable lower covers together in the closed position and locks each movable lower cover to the fastening element in the open position. The presence of the movable lower covers provides, inter alia, easy access to the inside of the engine pylon, and the locking system locks the movable lower covers.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Paolo Messina, Olivier Pautis
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Patent number: 12054257Abstract: A flexible pillar for a variable geometry flight control surface including upper skin and lower skins includes an elongate shape elastic element having an and at least a first end and a second end. The flexible pillar can be disposed between the upper skin and the lower skin so the elastic element can be fixed to the upper skin at the first end of the flexible pillar and fixed to the lower skin at the second end of the flexible pillar. The flexible pillar has a rigidity along the longitudinal axis of the flexible pillar that is greater than a rigidity of the flexible pillar in shear along a transverse axis of the flexible pillar, the flexible pillar making it possible to obtain a support having a longitudinal direction and able to transmit forces between its ends without, or with little, deformation longitudinally and to be easily deformed in a transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Cristobal Calatayud, Benjamin Trarieux, Brice Albert, Frédéric Goupil
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Patent number: 12054236Abstract: An inflatable suspended ceiling for a vehicle compartment, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, includes a flat fabric cover sheet configured to roof over at least a longitudinal section of an interior space along an extending direction of the vehicle compartment underneath a structural ceiling of the vehicle compartment, and a tensioning structure attached to the cover sheet to carry the cover sheet from above and having a flexible envelope enclosing at least one inflatable chamber configured to tension the cover sheet when inflated. Mounting members are attached to the tensioning structure to mount the tensioning structure to counter-mounting members on the structural ceiling in a hanged configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Robert Hogh
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Patent number: 12054272Abstract: An assembly of a pylon and of an engine with a rear engine attachment having two fittings, wherein each one has a shoe fastened to a lower spar of the pylon, two transverse arms, one front and one rear, which are as one with the shoe and offset such that the front transverse arm, respectively rear transverse arm, of one fitting bears in planar fashion against the front transverse arm, respectively rear transverse arm, of the other fitting, wherein each transverse arm is pierced with a bore, wherein the two front transverse arms and the two rear transverse arms are spaced apart parallel to the longitudinal direction and thus form a female clevis, and wherein the assembly also has a lower rod mounted articulated in the female clevis and on the engine. With such an assembly, the number of components is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Franck Rumiel, Thomas Robiglio, Paolo Messina
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Patent number: 12054280Abstract: An aircraft including a first electrical distribution busbar and a second electrical distribution busbar extending at least in part in a fuselage of the aircraft, in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage. A first electric generator is connected to the distribution conductors of the first electrical distribution busbar via a first coupling switch directly connected to the first electric generator and to the distribution conductors of the first busbar. A second electric generator is connected to the distribution conductors of the second electrical distribution busbar via a second coupling switch directly connected to the second electric generator and to the distribution conductors of the second busbar. The first coupling switch and the second coupling switch are positioned in the aircraft independently of one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Etienne Foch, Franck Albero, Sébastien Laclau, Xavier Chasseriaud
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Patent number: 12055915Abstract: This control system takes into account the thermomechanical aspects of materials to quickly and easily determine optimal cutting conditions and to automatically control machining to preserve the integrity of the workpiece. This system includes an acquisition module configured to acquire values of a set of input parameters relating to cutting conditions and material properties of the piece, and a microprocessor configured for determining at least one operating cutting parameter representative of a cutting signal from the machining apparatus using a set of output parameters of an integrity model previously constructed during a learning phase. The integrity model connects the set of input parameters to the set of output parameters comprising specific cutting coefficients representative of the material integrity of the piece, and establishes at least one fatigue threshold of the at least one cutting operating parameter. The fatigue threshold allows control of the progress of cutting operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SASInventors: Emeric Noirot-Nerin, Ivan Hamm, Gérard Poulachon, Frédéric Rossi
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Patent number: 12053915Abstract: A door for a thrust reversal system, an aircraft with such a door, and a method for manufacturing a door of a thrust reversal system. The door comprises a wall formed from long fibers embedded in a thermoplastic resin matrix and a network of ribs overmolded on one of the faces of the wall. A propulsion assembly of an aircraft comprises a thrust reversal system having a plurality of such doors.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Wolfgang Brochard, Laurent Cazeaux, Florian Ravise
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Patent number: 12054292Abstract: A method for the assembly of frames in an aircraft shell, wherein the aircraft shell comprises a skin and a plurality of stringers co-cured with the skin, wherein the skin has a plurality of reference marks. Identifying the reference marks on the skin using a first robot with artificial vision, establishing a local reference for the positioning of each frame based on a reference mark, grabbing a frame using the first robot, establishing a relative position between the first robot and the frame based on the reference mark, positioning the frame on an inner side of the aircraft shell using the first robot, and with a second robot, drilling holes through the frame and skin, and attaching the frame to the skin with fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Cesar Martin Blazquez, Carlos Flores Hernandez
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Patent number: 12054293Abstract: A system for assisting the maintenance of an aircraft is configured for implementing the following steps in an iterative manner determining a spectral power density of the position of a control surface over a time window; when the spectral power density corresponds to an amplitude of oscillations of the control surface upwardly crossing this predetermined threshold, storing an excess amplitude start time; and when the spectral power density corresponds to an amplitude of oscillations of the control surface downwardly crossing this predetermined threshold: determining a time interval between the excess amplitude start time and an excess amplitude end time, during which the amplitude of oscillations of the control surface has remained above the predetermined threshold; and determining an indicator representative of the energy corresponding to these oscillations during the time interval.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Philippe Goupil, Simone Urbano, Gabriel Derian