Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Patent number: 11434016
    Abstract: An engine attachment system for an engine including an engine nacelle. The engine attachment system includes an engine pylon with a starboard face and a port face, a starboard shoe having a starboard sole fixed to the starboard face and a starboard wall secured to the starboard sole, a port shoe having a port sole fixed to the port face and a port wall secured to the port sole, a starboard link fixed in an articulated manner by one of its ends to the starboard wall and configured to be articulatedly fixed by the other of its ends to the engine nacelle, a port link articulatedly fixed by one of its ends to the port wall and configured to be atriculatedly fixed by the other of its ends to the engine nacelle, and a fixing arrangement that fixes each sole to the corresponding face of the engine pylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Michael Berjot, Olivier Dubois
  • Patent number: 11435013
    Abstract: An isolator for an aircraft fuel tank configured to separate an electrically conductive internal panel of the fuel tank from an electrically conductive pipe that passes through the panel. The isolator includes: a plurality of first attachment points for attaching the isolator to the panel, a plurality of second attachment points for attaching the isolator to the pipe, and an aperture defined by an outer wall and extending from a first side of the isolator to a second side of the isolator. The aperture is configured to receive the pipe in use, wherein the isolator is formed of a non-electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Nicholas West
  • Patent number: 11434019
    Abstract: A fuel extraction system for extracting a gaseous fuel from a fuel tank. The fuel extraction system includes a conveying device which is configured to convey gaseous fuel and to bring it from a first pressure level to a second pressure level, a first line which is configured to connect the conveying device fluidically to the interior of the fuel tank, a buffer tank which is configured to store the fuel at the second pressure level, and which has a first outlet and a second outlet, at least one valve with a pneumatic actuating device, and a second line which is connected to the first outlet of the buffer tank and is configured to conduct a part of the fuel at the second pressure level to the pneumatic actuating device of the at least one valve. Furthermore, a fuel tank apparatus and a fuel cell system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Barnaby Law
  • Patent number: 11427348
    Abstract: A method and device for optimizing tests of systems, in particular of an aircraft, including a first display module displaying a list of tests that can be executed by systems, a selection module allowing an operator to select a set of tests to be executed and communicate it to an optimization module which determines a sequence of tests representing an optimized execution of the set of tests to be executed, the sequence of tests being displayed by a second display module for an operator, a decision module generating either a first signal if the operator validates the sequence of tests, or a second signal if the operator cancels the sequence of tests, and a control module which, if the first signal is generated, commands the execution of the sequence of tests by each of the systems, and generates results of the execution thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Anne-laure Desclaux-Chevalier, Serge Passemar, Christelle Senegas, Jean-Christophe Rey, Emmanuelle Escorihuela, Christophe Bressy
  • Patent number: 11426955
    Abstract: A method of forming a laminate charge, and a forming tool and apparatus for forming a laminate charge is disclosed. In a forming step, a suction force is generated between a forming tool and an impermeable sheet which causes the impermeable sheet to press the laminate charge against a male corner of the forming tool and into a female corner of the forming tool. The male corner of the forming tool is positioned between first and second parts of the laminate charge, and the female corner of the forming tool is positioned between second and third parts of the laminate charge. During the forming step, gas is injected between the forming tool and part of the laminate charge to create a gas cushion between the forming tool and the third part of the laminate charge. This gas cushion inhibits the third part of the laminate charge from becoming clamped against the forming tool as the laminate charge is pressed into the female corner of the forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alexander Stephen Wallace
  • Patent number: 11428582
    Abstract: An overheat detection system comprising a controller for declaring the overheat, and two wiring connections running along a monitored system and configured to react upon overheat. The controller is configured to determine an electrical status of each wiring connection at least between operative and inoperative, the inoperative status corresponding to an electrical anomaly thereof, and electrically connect or disconnect the wiring connections depending on the electrical status thereof, wherein the declaration of overheat is based on a dynamic reconfiguration of the overheat detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Romain Merat, Marta Castillo De Alvear, Sijmen Zandstra, Javier Fraile Martin, Carlos Bueno Vazquez, Jose Perez Garcia
  • Patent number: 11427297
    Abstract: A trailing edge for a composite multispar integrated lifting surface includes a first C-shape composite form that includes a web and two flanges. The web forming a portion of the rear spar of a torsion box. The two flanges extending along a skin chordwise direction. A second C-shape composite form includes a web and two flanges. The web forms an auxiliary spar. The flanges extend along the skin chordwise direction. The first C-shape composite form and the second C-shape composite form forming a first auxiliary cell and a second cell. The first auxiliary cell is delimited by the first C-shape composite form and the second C-shape composite form. The second cell is an open cell delimited by the second C-shape composite form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U.
    Inventors: Alberto Balsa-Gonzalez, Jose Luis Lozano Garcia, Robert Kobierecki
  • Patent number: 11426968
    Abstract: An assembly constituting an acoustically absorbent material and including a first panel, a second panel pierced with holes, an intermediate panel pierced with through-holes and arranged between the first panel and the second panel, a first structure between the first panel and the intermediate panel and including first cages, a second structure between the second panel and the intermediate panel and including second cages, and for each through-hole of the intermediate panel, a tube opening out at the two ends thereof, where one of the ends of the tube is fixed to the intermediate panel at the through-hole, and where the other end of the tube is accommodated inside a first cage. Such an assembly makes it possible to obtain broad-band attenuation and is easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Florian Ravise, Florent Mercat
  • Patent number: 11427296
    Abstract: A device for fixing cabin side wall and cabin light paneling to a structural component of an aircraft and spacecraft includes: a structure holding component; and a cabin side wall holding component. The structure holding component has a surface for fixing the holding component to the structural component, and an adjustable surface for fixing the side wall holding component. The side wall holding component has an intermediate bracket and a side wall receiver for fixing cabin side wall paneling. The intermediate bracket is arranged between the adjustable fixing surface and the side wall receiver. The intermediate bracket has an intermediate guide element which guides the intermediate bracket, and the side wall receiver has a receiver guide element which guides the side wall receiver. The intermediate bracket has a fixing element for locking the intermediate bracket, and the side wall receiver has a fixing element for locking the side wall receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Wesseloh, Volkhard Schulz, Hinnerk Kleinwort, Sergej Marx
  • Patent number: 11427343
    Abstract: An air intake structure for an aircraft nacelle is disclosed. The air intake structure delimits a channel and includes a lip having a U-shaped cross section oriented towards the rear, a first sound-absorbing panel fixed behind the lip and delimiting the channel, and a second sound-absorbing panel fixed behind the first sound-absorbing panel and delimiting the channel. Each sound-absorbing panel includes a cellular core which is fixed between an inner skin pierced with holes and oriented towards the channel, and an outer skin oriented in the opposite direction, where the inner skin of the first sound-absorbing panel has a thickness greater than the thickness of the inner skin of the second sound-absorbing panel, and where each of the inner skins includes a heat source which is embedded in the mass of the inner skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Florent Mercat
  • Patent number: 11426953
    Abstract: A fiber composite laying device for producing a fiber composite scrim for forming a fiber composite component has a laying head which is designed or configured to continuously supply a reinforcement fiber band, a compaction roller which is designed or configured to receive the supplied reinforcement fiber band, lay the band on a laying surface and press the band onto the laying surface at an average compaction pressure, and pressure sensors which are arranged on the compaction roller and are designed or configured to detect a local compaction pressure on the laid reinforcement fiber band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Katharina Schlegel, Alois Friedberger, David Lopez-Bravo
  • Patent number: 11426612
    Abstract: An oxygen supply system providing an adequate oxygen supply mode in an aircraft. A preventive oxygen supply system includes an oxygen source, a preventive oxygen dispensing unit connectable to the oxygen source, a cabin altitude detection device, and a preventive oxygen control device provide at least the following modes: a pre-wear mode providing no oxygen of the oxygen source to the preventive oxygen dispensing unit but normal cabin air; a pre-oxygenation mode providing a predetermined rate of oxygen of the oxygen source to the preventive oxygen dispensing unit sufficient for generating a pre-oxygenation condition of the user; and a decompression mode providing high concentrated oxygen of the oxygen source to the preventive oxygen dispensing unit sufficient for ensuring a minimum oxygenation of the user. The preventive oxygen control device automatically switches to the decompression mode in case a predetermined cabin altitude threshold is detected by the cabin altitude detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Bricard, Timo Martin
  • Patent number: 11420722
    Abstract: A seal for sealing an aircraft fuel tank, an aircraft wing rib and stringer sealing assembly, an aircraft wing fuel tank, an aircraft structural wing box, an aircraft wing, and a method of sealing an aperture are disclosed. The seal is for sealing a wing rib to a stringer passing through an aperture in the rib at a variable position in the aperture. The seal includes self-adjustment means to absorb any tolerance when forming the seal, upon the stringer being assembled into the aperture in the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Edwards, Antony Peacock, Timothy Sanderson
  • Patent number: 11420721
    Abstract: An internal cladding part for cladding a fuselage structure of an aircraft is disclosed having a first cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a second cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a core layer which is disposed between the first and the second cover layer and is connected to the first and the second cover layer and defines a receptacle cavity, and an insulation structure having a porous insulation core and an evacuated film sheath that encases the insulation core in a gas-tight manner. The insulation structure is disposed in the receptacle cavity between the first and the second cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Müller, Ralf Schliwa
  • Patent number: 11420720
    Abstract: An aircraft door controller 100 including a receiver 110 configured to receive a command 14 to move an aircraft door between an open position and a closed position relative to a door frame. The aircraft door controller 100 is configured to not store the command 14 when power to move the aircraft door between the open position and the closed position relative to the door frame is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Mark Grufferty, Nicholas Elliott, Martin Griffith Rowlands, Christopher James Perkins
  • Patent number: 11423656
    Abstract: A situation recognition device (10) including a surveillance processor (1) and an AI system (3). The surveillance processor receives visual and/or acoustic surveillance signals (E) from an aircraft passenger compartment (20) via an input interface (7). The AI system (3) includes an AI processor (4), a rule set generator (5) based on self-learning algorithms, and a reference rule set memory (6). The AI system is in bidirectional data communication with the surveillance processor (1). The AI processor (4) checks, upon a request (Q) from the surveillance processor (1), data patterns in the received visual and/or acoustic surveillance signals (E) for deviations from data patterns in a reference rule set (R) stored in the reference rule set memory (6). The surveillance processor (1) outputs indicator signals (A) via the output interface (8) if deviations determined by the AI processor (4) exceed one or more predefinable deviation threshold values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Mehrholz, Joern Stuebner
  • Patent number: 11420727
    Abstract: An airfoil arrangement which allows an increased reliability and increased aerodynamic performance of airfoils. A catching bracket is provided which is mounted in a track device opening to reduce the area of the track device opening and, when there is a failure of at least one support roller, the catching bracket engages the track device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Lorenz, Dustin Shapi
  • Patent number: 11420761
    Abstract: An autonomous propeller propulsion system for an aircraft. The autonomous system comprises a chassis with first attachment systems which engage with second attachment systems of the wing to ensure detachable attachment of the autonomous system, a fuel cell attached to the chassis, an electric motor attached to the chassis and having an output shaft, a propshaft rotated by the output shaft, a propeller attached to the propshaft, a controller converting an electric current delivered by the fuel cells into an electric current delivered to the electric motor, a hydrogen feed duct and an air feed duct, a set of auxiliary equipment, and a first connection arrangement, which connects with a second connection arrangement of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthieu Thomas, Anthony Roux, Didier Poirier, Olivier Verseux, André Anger, Benedikt Bammer, Guido Klewer, Guillaume Gallant, Florian Vogel, Christian Wehle
  • Patent number: 11420723
    Abstract: An aircraft wing (1) including a fixed wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) at the tip of the fixed wing (3), the wing tip device (4) being rotatable relative to the fixed wing (3) between a flight configuration (4a) for use during flight, and a ground configuration (4b) for use during ground-based operations, in which ground configuration the wing tip device (4) is rotated relative to the fixed wing (3) such that the span of the wing (1) is reduced. The aircraft wing (1) has a gear assembly (31) that couples the wing tip device (4) to an actuator (30) such that the actuator (30) drives the rotation of the wing tip device (4) between the flight and ground configurations, the gear assembly (31) comprising a worm drive (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin Bishop
  • Patent number: 11413645
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to the frame, wherein the slit nozzle is arranged for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece, wherein the slit nozzle at its muzzle end includes an upper lip and a lower lip as well as a slit between the upper and lower lips for dispensing lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, AIRBUS (SAS)
    Inventors: Pierre Zahlen, Waldemar Kümmel, Daniel Kress, Christian Schepp