Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Lightning strike protection material
    Patent number: 12049326
    Abstract: A lightning strike protection material for an aircraft includes an electrically-conductive grid with grid-forming members and nodes where grid-forming members overlap or intersect. A plurality of the grid-forming members and/or nodes include an outward-facing surface, and at least a portion of the outward-facing surface is concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Ian Richard Lane
  • Painting method with printed mask and printing device
    Patent number: 12048947
    Abstract: To improve the complicated painting process of large three-dimensionally shaped components, preferably aircraft components, the masking step is automated. This is achieved by printing a masking medium onto the component with an inkjet method, the masking medium forming a masking film. The masking film masks the desired surface area and can be pulled off following the end of the painting. Preferably, spray films, functional printing inks or mold release agents are used as the masking medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Barlag, Daniel Lahidjanian
  • Main wing for an aircraft with elastically deformable upper skin panel
    Patent number: 12049314
    Abstract: An aircraft wing, including a main wing, a leading edge high lift assembly including a high lift body, and an assembly connecting the high lift body to the main wing. The high lift body is movable relative to the main wing between stowed and deployed positions. The connection assembly includes at least one rotation element mounted to the high lift body and rotatably mounted to the main wing. The main wing comprises an upper panel with a leading edge portion and a lower skin panel. The high lift body has a leading and a trailing edge. The high lift body trailing edge moves along the main wing upper skin panel leading edge portion when the high lift body is moved between the stowed and deployed positions. The upper skin panel leading edge portion is elastically deformed when the high lift body is moved from the stowed to the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Dort Daandels, Bernhard Schlipf
  • Linking member between a first and a second structural member of a fuselage of an aircraft allowing improved dissipation of stresses
    Patent number: 12049293
    Abstract: A linking member between a first and a second structural member of a fuselage of an aircraft allowing improved dissipation of stresses. The linking member has a first part made of a solid structure and at least one second part made of a lattice structure. The first part made of the solid structure is configured to dissipate static stresses and to withstand fatigue up to a predetermined maximum stress and fatigue threshold. This configuration allows improved dissipation of the stresses exerted on the linking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Omar Molina Hamdan, Valérie Lavigne, Jérôme Dubost
  • Latches for cargo hold loading and storage system and associated methods
    Patent number: 12049327
    Abstract: In an aircraft, latches are used to secure cargo within the cargo hold of the aircraft. Such latches include a base plate configured for rigid attachment to a surface of the cargo hold, a latch head attached to the base plate and configured to prevent a movement of at least one cargo unit in a Y-direction and a Z-direction and to allow a movement of the at least one cargo unit in an X-direction, and a roller assembly attached to the base plate, opposite the latch head, and comprising at least one roller, the roller being configured to provide a vertical support to the at least one cargo unit in the Z-direction while allowing the movement of the at least one cargo unit in the X-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Nuessen, Martin Guse, Dirk Meiranke, Sascha Nowarre, Dennis Fischer, Uwe Panzram, Matthias Horst
  • Measurement device with dual data acquisition circuits
    Patent number: 12043407
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a substrate having accommodations with an emerging opening in which sensors are provided, the substrate including a cavity with a flexible printed circuit. The device is installed on a surface to characterize a fluid flow at this surface. The circuit uses hierarchized buses comprising two data communication buses emerging at the two longitudinal ends of the substrate and an internal data acquisition bus, the bus linking control circuits, each control circuit being connected to one of the communication buses, the sensors being connected to the bus in a distributed fashion on either side of each control circuit. The data from the sensors can be transmitted to the two surrounding circuits and may be acquired if one of them is faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Nicolas Dupe, Nicolas Jean, Cyrille Dajean
  • Fixture for additive manufacturing and heat treatment
    Patent number: 12042867
    Abstract: A fixture for use in an additive manufacturing and heat treatment process is disclosed. The fixture includes a tool with an upper surface and a lower surface, and an attachment system configured to releasably secure a substrate to the upper surface of the tool. The tool includes a body with an upper face and a lower face, and a reinforcement layer cladding the upper or lower face of the body. The reinforcement layer may be a superalloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Andrew Henstridge
  • Pin joint assembly
    Patent number: 12043381
    Abstract: A pin joint assembly including: a first end lug and a second end lug; a pin hole extending through the first and second end lugs; a first retaining feature and a second retaining feature arrangeable at opposing ends of the pin hole; a headless pin including a pin body for inserting through the pin hole to rotatably couple the first and second end lugs, such that the pin body is retained between the first and second retaining features; a first bushing for positioning between the headless pin and the first end lug, and a second bushing for positioning between the headless pin and the second end lug; wherein the headless pin is isolated from the first and second retaining features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Horwood, Matt Harding, Paul Morrell
  • Panel assembly
    Patent number: 12043380
    Abstract: A panel assembly is disclosed having a panel, a beam attached to the panel, and a plurality of stiffeners attached to the panel. Each stiffener includes a respective bridge which crosses over the beam at an intersection from a first side of the beam to a second side of the beam. Each bridge has an outer surface facing away from the panel and an inner surface facing towards the panel. The inner surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a recess at the intersection, and the outer surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a protrusion at the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: John Martin Gaitonde, Chris Heaysman
  • Attachment concept for a fairing on an airfoil body such as a flap or a wing of an aircraft
    Patent number: 12043397
    Abstract: An arrangement comprising an airfoil body, a junction mechanism for attaching the airfoil body to a support element of an aircraft, and a fairing for aerodynamically covering the junction mechanism. The fairing has a cover element covering a trailing end portion of the fairing. The cover element is attached to the trailing edge of the airfoil body by a form fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Dort Daandels, Jörn Ewald
  • Aircraft assembly
    Patent number: 12037139
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly is disclosed having a first structural component and a second structural component. A fastener fastens the first component to the second component. The first structural component includes a body and an insert in the body. The insert has a machined hole through which the fastener extends. The material hardness of the insert is lower than the material hardness of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew McMahon, Saif Rafique
  • High-lift device connection assembly as well as wing and aircraft equipped therewith
    Patent number: 12037116
    Abstract: A high-lift device connection assembly (24) for movably connecting a high lift device (16) to a wing (14) of an aircraft (10) wherein a track (30) is movably guided between main rollers (38, 40, 42, 44). In order to provide an enhanced fall back safety feature in case of a failure of a roller the invention proposes a track catcher (92) to be attached to a structure (26) of the wing (14) and configured to bear a load imposed by the track (30) in case of a main roller failure, wherein the track catcher (92) has at least one first hook element (94, 94-1-94-4) engaged within a first recession (72) at a first side of the track (30) and at least one second hook element (96, 96-1-96-4) engaged with a second recession (74) at the second side of the track (30). Further, the invention relates to a wing and an aircraft equipped with such high-lift device connection assembly (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Martin Goetze
  • Seal with skirt
    Patent number: 12038036
    Abstract: A seal includes a barrel extending between a base and a top, in which the barrel has a cylindrical cavity passing through it between its base and its top, and a skirt indissociable from the barrel and extending around said barrel, in which the skirt adopts the shape of a dome of which the exterior edges extend out beyond the base starting from the top. The seal is able to divert the fluid and keep the space under the skirt fluid tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Simon Foucart-Gaudy, Vincent Delpy, Gerard Millet
  • Drive system with integrated torque sensing device
    Patent number: 12037101
    Abstract: A drive system for driving a movable flow body having a drive unit, a shaft, a torque sensing device, a no-back friction unit, and an axial bearing. The drive unit is coupled with the shaft to rotate the shaft, the torque sensing device is coupled with at least one of the drive unit and the shaft to detect a torque transferred from the drive unit into the shaft, the no-back friction unit is arranged between the axial bearing and an axial support means of the shaft, such that an axial load of the shaft is supported by the axial bearing, and the no-back friction unit is configured to substantially not counteract a rotation of the shaft in a first direction of rotation of the shaft and to apply a friction-induced additional torque to the shaft in an opposite second direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Haserodt, Christoph Winkelmann, Andreas Fleddermann
  • Landing gear system control
    Patent number: 12037106
    Abstract: A landing gear system controller for controlling a landing gear system of an aircraft. The controller is configured to receive a request to operate a non-landing gear system element of the aircraft, and to cause operation of at least part of the landing gear system of the aircraft during a take-off or landing procedure on the basis of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Kerr, Martin Downey
  • Information processing architecture for implementation in a vehicle
    Patent number: 12032678
    Abstract: An information processing architecture for implementation in a vehicle includes a software segregation unit which is configured to provide a first security domain and a second security domain which are assigned in each case to different operational areas of the vehicle and have their own data processing environments which are segregated from one another to run a multiplicity of computer applications. The software segregation unit is further configured to provide a synchronization instance, wherein the synchronization instance has a central dataset which is synchronized with data generated in the respective security domains independently from one another via data exchange and is selectively readable by both security domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Möller, Christian Groth, Sören Hübner, Oliver Schalke, René Niedermowe
  • Spark containment cap
    Patent number: 12031564
    Abstract: A method of joining a first workpiece to a second workpiece is disclosed including securing a spark containment cap to the first workpiece, the cap comprising an electrically insulating washer and a cap body defining an air cavity. Once the cap has been secured, a tail of a fastener is inserted into the air cavity through the second workpiece, the first workpiece and the washer. Upon tightening the fastener, the tail of the fastener urges the washer against the first workpiece and the first and second workpiece are thereby clamped between the washer and a head of the fastener so as to form a joint. Advantageously, it has been found that forming a joint in this manner can help to better protect the joint from the effects of electrical arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Dobbin, Matthew Cross, Matthew Webster
  • Method for the resistance welding of fiber-composite components to give a fiber-composite structure, fiber-composite structure and fiber-composite component
    Patent number: 12030258
    Abstract: A method for resistance welding of two fiber-composite components to give a fiber-composite structure includes arranging conductive fibers within a jointing region of the two fiber-composite components, where each conductive fiber includes a carbon fiber with an electrically insulating coating. An electric current is passed through the conductive fibers to heat the jointing region to a welding temperature and melt the fiber-composite components in the jointing region. The jointing region is hardened in a manner that bonds the two fiber-composite components by way of the jointing region to give the fiber-composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Linde, Norbert Heltsch
  • Aircraft brake temperature control system
    Patent number: 12031599
    Abstract: An aircraft brake temperature control system (BTCS) (100) for controlling a temperature of a brake (220) of a landing gear (201) of the aircraft (200). The BTCS (100) includes a controller (110) configured to cause a thermal management system (2000) to regulate the temperature of the brake (220), on the basis of a selection of an objective for regulating the temperature of brake from a plurality of objectives (121), (122) for regulating the temperature of the brake. An aircraft (200) includes the BTCS; and a method (300) controls a temperature of a brake of a landing gear of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Utsav Oza, Kurt Bruggemann, Rob Hurley
  • Anterior part of a nacelle for an aircraft propulsion assembly, whose front frame is connected to an outer wall without penetrating it
    Patent number: 12030659
    Abstract: An anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly, which comprises an air intake lip, an outer panel extending an outer part of the air intake lip, an inner structure extending an inner part of the air intake lip, a front frame connecting the outer wall to the air intake lip or to the inner structure. The outer panel and the outer part of the air intake lip together form an outer wall of the anterior part. The front frame and the outer wall are connected to one another by assembly means located inside the anterior part. The anterior part constituted in this manner ensures laminar flow of the air on an outer surface of the anterior part and reduces drag. A nacelle of a propulsion unit, comprising an anterior part of this kind is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Frédéric Vinches, Gregory Albet