Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Oxygen supply system for an aircraft
    Patent number: 8517018
    Abstract: An oxygen supply system for an aircraft includes a control valve, a reservoir bag, a respiration device and a sensor device, wherein the control valve is designed in such a way that oxygen can be supplied to the reservoir bag until a predetermined quantity of oxygen is adjusted in the reservoir bag. The respiration device may be designed in such a way that breathing gas can be provided for a passenger. The sensor device may be designed in such a way that an exhalation is detectable. The reservoir bag may be designed in such a way that a predetermined quantity of oxygen can be metered into the reservoir bag during the exhalation. The reservoir bag may be designed in such a way that breathing gas can be supplied to the respiration device in a pulse-like fashion. The oxygen supply system may include a first and a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Wenzel, Martin Wittkowski, Walter Deutscher, Jörn Schecker, Norbert Luks, Simon Knaak
  • Gas ejection cone for an aircraft turbojet equipped with a device for generating turbulence in a primary flow limiting jet noise
    Patent number: 8516824
    Abstract: A gas ejection cone for an aircraft turbojet, the cone including a hollow main body defining, on the outside, a radially inner skin of an annular primary flow channel, and a device generating turbulence in the primary flow limiting jet noise, mounted so as to move on the main body so as to be able to be displaced from an extracted position in which the device projects toward downstream in relation to a downstream end of the hollow main body, and a retracted position in which the device is retracted into the hollow main body, and vice versa. Further, the device includes a cylindrical support body having an axis parallel to an axis of the ejection cone, and at least one fin supported by the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Jerome Journade, Jerome Huber
  • Electronic technical logbook
    Patent number: 8521342
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program are provided for recording technical issues of an aircraft. A server unit is adapted to store and output data related to technical issues of an aircraft. A client unit sends an access request to a server, which receives and processes this request, permits access to the data and restricts the adding or modifying processing of the data to one client unit at a time. For use during flight tests on board of the aircraft, a snapshot of the data may be transferred to a mobile computer, while the data on the server unit is restricted to read-only. After the flight test, the modified data is transferred back to the server unit and the read-only restriction is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Abderrazak Bamesberger
  • Method and device for the lateral control of a taxiing aircraft
    Patent number: 8521365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device including elements for automatically controlling an aircraft on the ground along the lateral axis, by a dissymmetrical use of the engines and/or brakes of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Dominique Chatrenet, Fabrice Villaumé, Céline Bourissou, Pierre Scacchi, Louis-Emmanuel Romana
  • Aircraft engine attachment pylon comprising a box with a circular or elliptical shaped section
    Patent number: 8517305
    Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft, including a rigid structure including a box formed by one or plural hollow segments. The section of at least one hollow segment is circular or elliptical in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jacques Herve Marche, Fabien Raison
  • Assembly of fibrous elements for obtaining a part made of a composite
    Patent number: 8518518
    Abstract: A fiber structure that can be embedded in a matrix for obtaining a piece made of composite material, includes a first fiber element having a first support surface, at least one L-shaped fiber element having a base that is flattened against the support surface of the first fiber element at a junction zone and a wing that is not flattened against the first fiber element, and another fiber element having one part flattened against the wing of the at least one L-shaped fiber element. The elements are assembled by tapping fibers from a second surface of the first fiber element so as to form loops, at least certain fibers being oblique relative to the second surface, in a plane that is perpendicular to the junction zone, wherein certain loops of the oblique fibers protrude to the outside of the outer surface of a wing of at least one L-shaped fiber element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Blot, Julien Charles, Mathieu Piana, Xavier Legrand, Joel Besnier
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STIFFENER PROTECTION, AND CORRESPONDING COMPOSITE PANEL
    Publication number: 20130216771
    Abstract: A composite panel with protected parallel stiffeners has a multiply front face coming to an edge and extending between two lateral flanks of outside plies, symmetrically relative to a median plane (Pm). A device for protecting each stiffener includes a structural section that caps the stiffener symmetrically relative to this median plane (Pm). This structural section includes a so-called upper section formed above the edge and configured to envelop a space above the edge, a so-called lower section framing the lateral flanks by means of longitudinal walls (Pi) fastened to these flanks, and an intermediate section bearing at least partially on the edge via transverse walls (Pb) so as to minimize the propagation of impact forces to the lower section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Airbus Operations SAS
  • DIESEL ENGINE/GAS TURBINE COMPOUND ENGINE FOR A MEANS OF TRANSPORT
    Publication number: 20130213048
    Abstract: A compound engine for a means of transportation, includes a diesel engine and a gas turbine with at least one compressor and with at least one turbine. The diesel engine and the gas turbine are interconnected in such a manner that during continuous duty operation the compound engine is configured to be operated only by way of the diesel engine, and the diesel engine is optionally operated on its own or together with a compressor and a turbine of the gas turbine as a turbocharger for the diesel engine. The compound engine is configured to be operated by way of the diesel engine or the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Method and device for the manufacture of a component
    Patent number: 8512620
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component from a composite-fiber-material semifinished product includes providing a forming support having a contour including at least one section corresponding to a surface of the manufactured component. The semifinished product is placed onto the forming support and the semifinished product is formed such that the semifinished product contacts the forming support. Further, a device form manufacturing component includes the forming support having the contour including at least one section corresponding to the surface of the manufacture component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Lonsdorfer, Hauke Seegel, Klaus Rode
  • Device for closing an aircraft door, aircraft comprising such a device
    Patent number: 8511610
    Abstract: An aircraft door closing device, and an aircraft incorporating such a device. The door includes a leaf and, connected to the aircraft fuselage, a frame including an opening configured to take the leaf, the leaf adopting a closed position to block the opening and another position to reveal the opening. The device includes a bearing mechanism, some on the leaf and some on the frame, each formed by a crenelated structure, two crenelated structures being arranged such that the teeth of one pass through notches of the other as the leaf moves from one position to the other, and such that the teeth of the leaf structure bear, in the closed position, on the inside face of the corresponding teeth of the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Alain Depeige
  • Slot seal
    Patent number: 8511611
    Abstract: A panel assembly for an aircraft comprises a panel rotatably connected to a support structure and moveable between a first position and a second position. The panel has an aerodynamic surface with a slot at one edge thereof which receives a portion of the support structure when the panel is in the first position. The assembly further comprises a resilient seal member which occupies the slot when the panel is in the second position. The panel may be an aircraft flight control surface, or an aircraft landing gear bay door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Paul Blades
  • Aircraft conduit monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 8511179
    Abstract: An aircraft conduit monitoring system includes conduit that conducts gas from a source to a point of application. A flow sensing device and a pressure sensing device are provided within the conduit. At least one set value of a gas mass flow rate and at least one set value of a pressure are sensed in a learning mode of operation. The set values are compared with sensed actual values in the normal mode of operation. A gas volume flow rate can also be sensed and processed instead of a gas mass flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kelnhofer, Dariusz Krakowski
  • Aircraft wing load alleviation system
    Patent number: 8511620
    Abstract: An aircraft wing load alleviation system incorporating a wing, a spoiler panel (14), a device (16, 17) which restricts circulation of air around a trailing edge of the spoiler and a control system. The spoiler panel is pivotally attached to the wing so that the spoiler panel can be rotated up from a lowered position to a raised position, thereby opening a void between the spoiler panel and the wing. The retractable device can be deployed from a retracted position to an extended position in which it restricts circulation of air around the trailing edge of the spoiler panel and into the void, thus reducing induced drag. The control system is configured to detect or predict an increase in the lift of the wing and rotate the spoiler panel to its raised position in response to a detected or predicted increase in the lift of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
  • Slat deployment mechanism
    Patent number: 8511619
    Abstract: An aircraft slat deployment mechanism including a first drive member coupled to a slat at a first pivot point and a second drive member coupled to the slat at a second pivot point offset from the first pivot point. A first rack is provided on the first drive member, and a first pinion is carried by the drive shaft. The first pinion is arranged to transmit mechanical power from the drive shaft to the first drive member via the first rack. A second rack is provided on the second drive member, and a second pinion is carried by the drive shaft. The second pinion has a different radius to the first pinion. The second pinion is arranged to transmit mechanical power from the drive shaft to the second drive member via the second rack, such that the first and second drive members move at a different speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Alan Mann
  • Method and device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft
    Patent number: 8515598
    Abstract: A device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft includes a calculation device for determining in real time an updated lateral trajectory that the aircraft will follow and a display device for displaying this updated lateral trajectory on a cockpit screen of the aircraft. Consequently, the crew of the aircraft is able to readily visualize and understand the updated lateral trajectory that will put the aircraft back on the original course as a result of the display on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Pascale Louise, Thierry Bourret, Marie-Odile Plantecoste, Charles Renault Lerberquer
  • Acoustic monitoring system
    Patent number: 8513860
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer is disclosed in which a set of electrode arrays is arranged around a nominal center point and comprising a set of circumferentially disposed electrode elements. A piezoelectric material is located between a common electrode and said electrode elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Christophe Paget
  • Joining method and a punching, stamping rivet
    Publication number: 20130205576
    Abstract: A method for the joining of moulded components with a punching, stamping rivet, wherein a punched hole is radially widened in at least certain sections of the moulded components that are to be punched. A punching, stamping rivet is provided which has a deforming section that has a greater external diameter than a punching section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Aircraft signal computer system having a plurality of modular signal computer units
    Patent number: 8508934
    Abstract: An aircraft signal computer system includes a plurality of modular signal computer units and a liquid cooling device for cooling the modular signal computer units. The liquid cooling device includes a coolant line, which is connectable to a central liquid cooling system of an aircraft in order to supply a liquid coolant medium at a desired low temperature to the liquid cooling device. The coolant line of the liquid cooling device is in thermal surface contact with the modular signal computer units in order to dissipate heat from the modular signal computer units. A heat-emitting component of the modular signal computer units may be in thermal contact with a coolant bath or an internal heat conductor for removing heat energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Roering
  • Method of forming a joint
    Patent number: 8506746
    Abstract: A method of forming a joint between a first component and a second component, the first component comprising a plurality of layers of fibers impregnated with a thermosetting matrix. A welding interface element is provided with an array of pointed prongs. One or more of the layers of fibers are penetrated with the prongs, either before or after the fibers have been impregnated with the thermosetting matrix. The first component is cured by heating the thermosetting matrix after the prongs have been embedded. A thermoplastic weld is formed between the second component and the welding interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Chetan Korya, Timothy Sanderson
  • Dip gauge
    Patent number: D688147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Lee Wagstaff, Lee Bradbury, Gareth Towlson