Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Method and device for displaying trim information on an airplane during a take-off
    Patent number: 8674851
    Abstract: A method and device for displaying trim information on an airplane during a take-off, for determining and displaying a precise trim setpoint which enables the pilot, by following the displayed information, to carry out a manual take-off which is optimized from the performance point of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean Muller, Stéphane Delannoy
  • DYNAMIC DISINFECTION METHOD FOR A VEHICLE DRINKING WATER TANK
    Publication number: 20140072472
    Abstract: A method for disinfecting a vehicle drinking water tank is disclosed, wherein the method is designed for dynamic disinfection. By providing a vehicle drinking water tank with a spray diffuser, which is arranged inside the vehicle drinking water tank, the disinfecting liquid can be sprayed over substantially the entire inner surface of the tank. Partial filling of the drinking water tank with a disinfecting liquid starts the disinfection method. The dynamics of the disinfection method are achieved by spraying the disinfecting liquid in such a way that a moved film of disinfecting liquid is formed and wets an inner surface of the drinking water tank. Material transport at the inner wall of the tank is improved and mechanical shear forces act on the biofilm, which is to be removed and/or disinfected, in combination with the biochemical disinfection forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Schreiner, Paolo Cavarero
  • Light monitoring system and method for operating same
    Patent number: 8670956
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the operating health of a lighting system having a plurality of operating components, in one example includes acquiring test data from a plurality of operating components at a plurality of different operating states of the lighting system, and a data set is acquired for each operating state of the lighting system, and a plurality of data sets are acquired. A model of the lighting system may be constructed using the plurality of data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sven-Olaf Berkhahn, Stefan Schulz, Peter O. Owotoki
  • Method and arrangement for supplying essentially hollow bodies with equipment
    Patent number: 8667689
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for supplying essentially hollow bodies with equipment wherein the hollow bodies each have a transverse dimension and a longitudinal dimension being larger than the transverse dimension. The bodies have at least one opening for accessing their interior from outside along their longitudinal dimension. The hollow bodies are arranged essentially side-by-side along the longitudinal dimension and they are moved along their transverse dimension in a clocked fashion. An arrangement comprises a plurality of conveyor means for moving hollow bodies, wherein the conveyor means are arranged such that the hollow bodies are arranged side-by-side along their longitudinal dimension and moved along their transverse dimension in a clocked fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Eckart Frankenberger, Eike Klemkow, Horst Zapp, Gerhard Muller, Holger Frauen
  • Aero-acoustic optimisation method for complex-section mechanical parts and corresponding mechanical part and landing gear
    Patent number: 8668164
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for reducing the drag caused by a complex-section part in an airflow, for example the landing gear of an aircraft, making it possible to optimize the lift/drag ratio and to reduce the aerodynamic noise by reducing the local noise source. To do so, the complex-section part is masked with a special casing. More specifically, the aero-acoustically optimized complex-section metal mechanical part is fitted with an aerodynamically shaped cover made of several longitudinal parts articulated with hinges to facilitate their installation. This cover is attached to at least two supports placed away from one another along the axis of the part, each support locally mating with the section of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Christelle Seror Goguet
  • Device for attaching a piece of furniture to the floor of an aircraft
    Patent number: 8668181
    Abstract: Devices associated with an interface that is advantageous for the customized attachment of pieces of furniture to the floor of an aircraft. The interface includes rails extending longitudinally in the aircraft cabin, able to receive anchoring devices for connecting the furniture elements to these rails. The anchoring devices include axial and radial claw clamping devices which are associated together in pairs and operated together in pairs by a single and same lever (58, 95).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Dazet, Francois Rouyre, Alain Depeige
  • Wheel drive system for aircraft with a fuel cell as energy source
    Patent number: 8668165
    Abstract: A wheel drive system for an aircraft that features at least one electric motor and at least one fuel cell as energy source for the electric motor, wherein the electric motor is coupleable to at least one wheel of at least one landing gear of the aircraft. The wheel drive system reduces the fuel consumption and lowers the emission of CO2 and pollutants—primarily carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons. Persons, vehicles and other aircraft furthermore are not endangered by a jet blast while the aircraft is taxiing because the main engines do not have to be started until the take-off and landing strip is reached. The operation of the wheel drive system furthermore leads to a reduced noise pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rötger, Hans-Jürgen Heinrich, Jens-Dietrich Kurre
  • Propeller for an aircraft engine comprising means for reducing noise at middle and high frequencies and improving the acoustic perception
    Publication number: 20140064968
    Abstract: Enriching and balancing the acoustic spectrum radiated by a propeller by introducing a differential pitch angle on certain blades of the propeller. Modifying the acoustic spectrum makes it possible to render the propeller noise more pleasant to the human ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Camil Negulescu, Magdi Omais
  • Method of servicing an aircraft cooling system and aircraft cooling system
    Publication number: 20140060090
    Abstract: A method of servicing an aircraft cooling system comprises connecting a refilling container containing a two-phase refrigerant to a refrigerant connection provided in a cooling circuit of the cooling system, supplying refrigerant from the refilling container into the cooling circuit of the cooling system, and operating a condenser disposed in the cooling circuit so as to liquefy gaseous refrigerant flowing through the cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Piesker
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD INTRODUCTION ELEMENT FOR A MOVABLE SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20140059826
    Abstract: A load introduction element for a movable surface of an aircraft comprises a load introduction body that is connectable with the surface. A fitting connected with the load introduction body with a first section and a second section. The first section comprises a first bearing means, the second section comprises a second bearing means, and the first or second section comprises a third bearing means. The fitting is pivotally connected with the load introduction body by way of the first bearing means. An adjustment unit connects the second bearing means with the load introduction body in a variable position and is positioned on a side of the load introduction body that is opposite the fitting. In this manner adjustment of a reference position of a surface takes place without the need for an access flap. By loosening the adjustment unit the movable surface is pivotable without moving a flap drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Tayson William Weiss
  • Preassembly and integration of aircraft cabins
    Patent number: 8661685
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, pre-assembly and integration of part of an aircraft cabin takes place outside the aircraft structure by means of an assembly device. After pre-assembly, the part of the aircraft cabin is slid into the open section of the aircraft structure where it is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Blees, Niklas Halfmann, Dieter Krause, Marcus Gehm
  • AFT pylon fairing for an aircraft engine suspension system
    Patent number: 8662440
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aft pylon fairing (30) for a suspension system of an aircraft engine, comprising two side panels (44) assembled to each other by inner cross stiffening ribs (46) spaced at intervals from each other along a longitudinal direction (X) of the fairing, and also comprising a heat protection deck (32) designed to delimit an engine core flow (36). According to the invention, it also comprises two longitudinal connecting walls (58) offsetting the deck (32) from the ribs (46), each of these two longitudinal walls (58) being provided with a first side end (62) fixed to one or the other of the two side ends (60, 60) of the deck (32), and a second side end (64) rigidly fixed to the ribs (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Renaud, Delphine Jalbert
  • Aircraft control system containing an aeronautical data base
    Patent number: 8666566
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft control system containing several aircraft control computers (14, 16, 18, 20) for said aircraft, said system having at least one server (10) which: contains at least one aeronautical data base (12); is connected to at least one subassembly of said control computers through data transmission links (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d); is able to supply information from said at least one aeronautical data base to the computers of said control computer subassembly, said at least one server being able to supply information from said at least one aeronautical data base to a computer of said control computer subassembly, in a period of time less than a predetermined duration, upon request from said computer, when said information is not available in a local data base of said computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Eric Peyrucain, Andre Bourdais, Thomas Sauvalle
  • Energy absorber for aircraft
    Patent number: 8662265
    Abstract: An energy absorber for aircraft, which includes one or more energy absorber elements and a housing, whereby the energy absorber elements can absorb crash impulses by plastic deformation within the housing. Thus, the load on the primary structure and the respective inboard devices is limited, which can lead to an increased, passive safety of the passengers and a weight reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Humfeldt, Michael Harriehausen, Jan Schröder, Martin Sperber, Michael Demary
  • Manhole assembly in the lower skin of an aircraft wing made of a composite material
    Patent number: 8662451
    Abstract: A manhole assembly in the lower skin (37) of an aircraft wing made of a composite material for giving access to an installation placed inside said aircraft wing such as a fuel tank, comprising an inner cover (31) and an outer cover (33) joined by first fastener means (35); the lower skin (37) being configured with a rebated edge (45) around the manhole so that the outer cover (33) can be mounted over the lower skin (37) maintaining the aerodynamic continuity in the aircraft wing surface; the inner cover (31) being mounted over the lower skin (37) by its inner surface with a sealing profile (41) between them and being joined to the lower skin (37) by second fastener means (47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: José Luis Delgado Jareño, Ignacio Outon Hernández
  • Monument for a cabin of a vehicle
    Patent number: 8662444
    Abstract: An area-expandable monument is provided for a cabin of a vehicle that includes, but is not limited to two housing parts that are displaceable relative to each other and can be fastened. A gap between the housing parts in an expanded state can be covered by a covering element. In the monument, a first sanitary fixture could be arranged whose position adapts to the spatial state of the monument. Optionally, there is also a pivotable second sanitary fixture that can be activated with the monument in its pushed-out state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Tappe, Christian Holst, Ralph Sturm, Gregor Behlau, Michael Waller, Frank Trautmann, Arne Terstal
  • Aircraft opening window and aircraft equipped with at least one such window
    Patent number: 8662450
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft opening window comprising at least one pane (2) equipped with a movable frame (3), the assembly comprising the said movable frame (3) and the said at least one pane (2) being movable relative to a fixed frame (1), an element (4) for maneuvering the said movable assembly, a device for locking/unlocking and opening/closing the said movable assembly actuated by the said maneuvering element (4) and means for guiding and supporting the said movable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Luc Lamat, Noel Maurens
  • Ramped stiffener and apparatus and method for forming the same
    Patent number: 8662873
    Abstract: A die tool for forming a C-section component having radiused shoulders, the includes a cylindrical inner die and an outer die having a cylindrical central portion connected to opposing end flanges by respective radiused concave portions. A portion of the inner die is arranged to be disposed between the end flanges of the outer die and spaced apart therefrom to define a cavity corresponding to the desired cross-section of the C-section component to be formed. The radiused convex and concave portions have a radius of curvature that varies about the circumference of the respective inner and outer dies. The inner and outer dies are rotatable such that the radius of curvature of the radiused convex and concave portions where the inner and outer dies are adjacent to one another varies as the inner and outer dies are rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Darren John Winter, Martin Hampden Yates
  • Fitting, crane hook, and crane hook assembly
    Patent number: 8662549
    Abstract: A method of lifting an aircraft at a lifting location including the steps of securing a fitting to the aircraft when the aircraft is at the lifting location, the fitting including an attachment member configured to be secured to the item and a lifting member which is pivotally coupled to the attachment member. The lifting member has a socket for engaging a crane hook. Engaging the fitting with the crane hook and transmitting lifting load from the crane hook to the aircraft via the fitting. The crane hook has an attachment link having a first pivot point attached to the hook forward of its center of gravity, and a second pivot point configured to be lifted by a crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Richard Lester Hallett, Peter William Spence
  • Method, apparatus and software for detecting yield in a mechanical structure by means of acoustic emission data from said structure
    Patent number: 8661902
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and software is disclosed for using parameters of acoustic emissions emitted from an structure, such as aircraft landing gear, for detecting yield in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Murad El-Bakry