Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Patent number: 11518533
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system for an aircraft engine, the front engine attachment system having an engine pylon having, in its front part, a frontal part having an attachment wall with a front face, and a front engine attachment having a beam fastened to the front face and to which a link-rod system is fastened on either side of a median plane. The beam has front, intermediate and rear plates. The rear plate is pressed against the front face. The front plate is disposed in front of the rear plate. The intermediate plate is disposed between the front plate and the rear plate. Each link-rod system is fastened to the intermediate plate in an articulated manner by at least one first connection point and is configured to be fastened to a front part of the engine in an articulated manner by at least one second connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Deforet, Rémi Lansiaux, Olivier Dubois, Jacky Puech
  • Patent number: 11518112
    Abstract: A joining method for connecting at least two thermoplastic workpieces is provided to permit the joining even of non-transparent carbon fiber reinforced plastics parts by means of laser welding, in which a splice is produced at the edge regions of the workpieces and the workpieces are subsequently positioned relative to one another in such a manner that the opposite splice regions bound a seam region. Connecting bodies are then inserted into the seam region and heated by means of local heat input by laser beam such that a fixed integrally bonded connection forms between the workpieces and the connecting bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Heltsch, Jens Standfuss, Annett Klotzbach
  • Patent number: 11518490
    Abstract: A fuselage assembly for an aircraft including a stringer extending longitudinally along the fuselage. The stringer defines a fluid channel. The fluid channel is configured to form at least part of a distribution duct of a cabin air distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Matthias S. Schroeder, Jesus Miguel Batanero Benito, Srivats Srinivasan, Avinash Kumar Yadav, Vinayak Ramachandra Patil, Abhishek Vyas
  • Patent number: 11519300
    Abstract: An assembly of an engine with a pylon, including a force reacting assembly having a connection device and two rods, the connection device including a shoe. A spreader extends between first and second ends and has a central part connected to the shoe by a main connection including a main rotation pin and axis in a plane of symmetry of the connection device. Two fittings are on either side of the plane of symmetry each having two arms between which the spreader is positioned. A first, respectively second, rod includes a front end fastened to the engine and a rear end fastened to the first, respectively second, end of the spreader and to the first, respectively second, fitting by a secondary connection. Two extensions of the spreader are each associated with a pair of elastic stops. For the first, respectively second, end of the spreader, each stop is between an arm of the first, respectively second, fitting and the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Rémi Lansiaux, William Bras, Germain Gueneau
  • Patent number: 11518488
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for a structural profile, in particular for a round, oval or elliptical structural tube. The reinforcing element comprises: a fiber structure which has a hollow-cylindrical, helically wound mesh of fiber strands and forms an inner shell surface formed to receive the structural profile; and a matrix material into which the fiber strands are respectively embedded and which is formed to be shrinkable by heating so that the fiber structure can be fastened to the structural profile with the inner shell surface by heating the matrix material. Also provided are a structural arrangement with such a reinforcing element, an aircraft or spacecraft with such a structural arrangement, as well as a method for producing such a structural arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Axel Soeffker
  • Patent number: 11518534
    Abstract: A front engine attachment system for an engine of an aircraft, the front engine attachment system having an engine pylon having, in its front part, a frontal part having an attachment wall with a front face, and a front engine attachment having a beam, which is fastened to the front face and to which a link rod is fastened on either side of a median plane. Each link rod is fastened to the beam in an articulated manner by at least one first connection point and is configured to be fastened to the engine in an articulated manner by at least one second connection point. The beam is made up of front, intermediate and rear plates. The rear plate is pressed against the front face. The front plate is disposed in front of the rear plate. The intermediate plate is disposed between the front plate and the rear plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Deforet, Rémi Lansiaux, Olivier Dubois, Anthony Mertes, Jacky Puech
  • Publication number: 20220381801
    Abstract: The measuring device includes a substrate intended to be arranged on an aerodynamic surface; a profiled element connected at one of its ends to the substrate, and configured to be oriented, under the effect of the fluid flow; a magnet that is secured to the profiled element and is configured to generate a magnetic field; and a measuring element that is configured to measure a value of the magnetic field and to convert this measured value of the magnetic field into an angle value indicating the direction of the fluid flow; the measuring device thus making it possible to measure and provide, in real-time, a numerical angle value with which it is possible to define with high precision the direction of the fluid flow relative to the aerodynamic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Vialatte, Karounen Veerabadran, Thomas Boisson, Laurent Malard, Ivan Garcia Hallo, Florent Montet
  • Publication number: 20220384937
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement for an aircraftincludes an antenna unit, a radome structure covering the antenna unit, and a mounting device for mounting the antenna arrangement to an outer surface of an aircraft component. The antenna unit is mounted to or integrally formed with the radome structure and the radome structure is mounted to or integrally formed with the mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas Düde, Christian Schaupmann, Rubén Bancalero Santolaya
  • Patent number: 11514728
    Abstract: A drive system 20, 20? for rotating a wheel 11, 11? of an aircraft landing gear 10, 10?, is disclosed having a drive element 24, 24?, a motor 21, 21? operable to rotate the drive element, and a driven gear 25, 25? adapted to be attached to the wheel. The drive system has a drive configuration in which the drive element is capable of meshing with the driven gear to drive the driven gear, wherein the drive system further comprises a transmission error measurement apparatus 30, 40, the apparatus configured to obtain, over time, measurement data of one or more characteristics of the drive system when in the drive configuration, the measurement data providing an indication of a transmission error between a torque commanded by the motor and a resulting torque at the driven gear. An aircraft 100 and a method of providing an indication of a transmission error in a drive system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Crane, Arnaud Didey
  • Patent number: 11511873
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, the propulsion assembly having a pylon configured to be fastened beneath a wing of the aircraft, a turbomachine having a longitudinal direction, a median plane and a transverse plane, and a nacelle surrounding the turbomachine and having a load support disposed in the top part of the nacelle. The load support has a structural part fastened to the pylon and an aerodynamic part capping the structural part. The aerodynamic part has, at the front, a front part fastened to the structural part and, at the rear, a rear part fastened to the pylon. Separating the load support into two parts makes it possible to reduce the movements of the aerodynamic part capping the structural part of the load support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Jean Geliot, Christophe Labarthe
  • Patent number: 11511888
    Abstract: Seal member arrangements having at least one seal plate are disposed over stringer receiving recesses in ribs of an aircraft. A tool for locating a seal member arrangement over a stringer-receiving recess in a rib of an aircraft assembly. The tool system has a holder configured to hold the seal member arrangement over the recess. A biasing arrangement is configured to act on the holder to bias the seal member arrangement into an aligned position with a stringer received in the recess. A fixing arrangement is configured to act on the seal member arrangement to fix the seal member arrangement in the aligned position. A sealing kit, an aircraft assembly, a method of fixing a seal member arrangement over a stringer-receiving recess in a rib of an aircraft are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul Edwards
  • Patent number: 11511306
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a nozzle with a dispensing end for dispensing lacquer, and a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a circumferential outer contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the nozzle and the transfer roller are arranged such that lacquer is dispensable from the dispensing end onto the outer contact surface and into the depressions, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring the lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. A first hardening unit is formed as a UV-light unit configured for partially hardening the lacquer in a contactless way by emitting UV-light, the first hardening unit is arranged within an interior space defined by the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, AIRBUS (SAS)
    Inventors: Silke Grünke, Alexander Gillessen, Pierre Zahlen, Christian Schepp, Daniel Kress, Waldemar Kümmel
  • Patent number: 11505310
    Abstract: A flow body for a vehicle having a flow surface, as well as a skin system attached to the flow surface is proposed. The skin system has a top layer and a foam arrangement positioned between the flow surface and the top layer, wherein the top layer includes an elastic, surface-like material, wherein the foam arrangement includes a first layer of an elastic, compressible open cell foam, wherein the foam arrangement is bonded to the top layer. The skin system has a static shape in an unloaded state, in which the shape defines an outer surface geometry that directly follows the geometry of the respective flow surface, and the skin system has a deflected shape when the flow body is subjected to turbulent air flow. The deflected shape at least temporarily compresses the foam arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ruppert, Volker Robrecht
  • Patent number: 11504739
    Abstract: A device and method for lacquer transfer includes a lacquer application unit and at least one of a masking application unit and a masking removal unit, the application unit for applying lacquer to a work surface, wherein the masking application unit is configured to apply a masking to the work surface and is attached to the lacquer application unit so the masking application unit is moved in the application direction ahead of the lacquer application unit across the work surface when the lacquer application unit is moved across the work surface in the application direction. The masking removal unit can remove a previously applied masking from the work surface and is attached to the lacquer application unit such that the masking removal unit is moved in the application direction behind the lacquer application unit across the work surface when the lacquer application unit is moved across the work surface in the application direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Pierre C. Zahlen
  • Patent number: 11505303
    Abstract: An adjustable fixed structure attachment system 200 for an aircraft wing, the attachment system 200 including a bracket 210 having: a wall 212 for connection to a wing box, a protrusion 214 protruding from the wall 212, and a slot 216 extending through the protrusion 214, wherein the slot 216 has a height and a width, and a bush 220 having a bore 222 extending therethrough for receipt of a pin, wherein the bush 222 is insertable into the slot 216 and dimensioned relative to the slot 216 so that the bush 220 is substantially immovable in a width-wise direction of the slot 216, and is moveable in a height-wise direction of the slot 216 to thereby vary a position of the bush 220 within the slot 216.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Rodney Evans, Vernon Holmes
  • Patent number: 11505329
    Abstract: A component which is configured to be joined to a further component in a preselected relative orientation is disclosed. The further component has an interface surface and the component is configured to contact the interface surface when joined to the further component. The component includes a surface disposed on a side of the component intended to face the interface surface when the components are joined, a plurality of recesses formed in the surface, and a plurality of spacer elements. Each recess has a preselected orientation relative to the component, the preselected orientation being selected in dependence on the preselected relative orientation. Each spacer element comprises a contact surface configured to contact the interface surface when the components are joined. Each spacer element is disposed in one of the recesses such that the orientation of a given contact surface is defined by the orientation of the corresponding recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: William Tulloch, Pat Broomfield
  • Patent number: 11506561
    Abstract: An overheat detection system for an aircraft, the system comprising a first bleed monitoring computer, BMC1, configured to identify leakages in a pneumatic system, the BMC1 including a first optical controller, a second bleed monitoring computer, BMC2, the BMC2 including a second optical controller, an optical fiber link connecting the first optical controller of the BMC1 and the second optical controller of the BMC2 for communication between the BMC1 and the BCM2 and between the first optical controller and the second optical controller, wherein the first and the second optical controllers are configured to detect overheat of the optical fiber link based on a wavelength shift of a modulated optical signal transmitted through the optical fiber link, and transmit signals to the first BMC1 and the second BMC2 based at least on the detected overheat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U., AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Alessio Cipullo, Sy-Dat Le, Carlos Bueno Vazquez
  • Publication number: 20220361638
    Abstract: A storage system has a first pouch for receiving an electronic device, and a second pouch for receiving the first pouch. The first pouch is at least partially surrounded by the second pouch when the first pouch is received in the second pouch. The first pouch has a first fabric layer. Furthermore, the first pouch has an insulating layer which is adjacent to the first fabric layer and is designed to absorb material arising in the event of combustion. The second pouch is closable in such a manner that, in the closed state of the second pouch, an opening for dissipating heat energy remains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hadidom, Jana Schuett, Thomas Vielhaben
  • Patent number: 11499504
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft includes a pylon, a turbofan including a structure fixed to the pylon, and at least one thrust reverser, each having a top beam extending parallel to a longitudinal direction and mobile in rotation on the structure around a rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal direction. For each thrust reverser, an actuator is provided, a first end of which is articulated on the pylon and a second end of which is articulated on the top beam of the thrust reverser and the articulation axis of the actuator on the top beam is not coaxial with the rotation axis. Such assembly allows a positioning of the actuator in the upper part of the turbofan between the top beam of the thrust reverser and the pylon to free some space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Laurent Cazeaux
  • Patent number: 11498084
    Abstract: An inert gas distribution system nozzle 1 including an inlet 10 to receive fluid from a fluid supply, a chamber 32 to receive the fluid from the inlet and dimensioned relative to the inlet to permit the fluid to expand to form a mist, and at least one passage 34 to receive the fluid from the chamber and dimensioned relative to the chamber to promote condensing of the mist, wherein the, or each, passage comprises an outlet 40 to emit the fluid from the nozzle. A cross-sectional area of the passage is less than a cross-sectional area of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Paul Michael Sharpe, Stuart Quayle