Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Transport trolley
    Patent number: 11325214
    Abstract: A transport trolley for transporting a load comprising a base mounted on motorized wheels, a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation, a first motorized system displacing the deck, a hexapod platform comprising a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform. The platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load and each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle with its opening oriented upwards. A control unit controls each motorized wheel, the first motorized system and each jack. The use of a hexapod platform makes it possible to finely position the wing at its position of fixing onto the fuselage and the use of a mobile deck supporting the hexapod platform allows for adjustability of the position despite a smaller footprint around the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Datas, Jacques Bouriquet, Jean-Mickael Brindeau, André Aquila, Patrick Guibert, Nicolas Darbonville, Thomas Autret
  • Transport carriage with two hexapod platforms with increased range of movement
    Patent number: 11319091
    Abstract: A carriage with two hexapod platforms, each having a base, a plate, and a set of six cylinders associated in pairs. Each cylinder is articulatedly mounted with the plate. For each pair, a slider is able to move in translation on the base. For a first pair, the two cylinders of the first pair are mounted in an articulated manner on the slider. The articulation of one of the two cylinders of the first pair with the plate is adjacent to the articulation of one of the two cylinders of a second pair with the plate. The articulation of the other of the two cylinders of the first pair with the plate is adjacent to the articulation of one of the two cylinders of a third pair with the plate. For each slider, a movement system moves the slider. A control unit controls each cylinder and the movement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Datas, Jacques Bouriquet, Jean-Mickael Brindeau, Patrick Guibert, Nicolas Darbonville
  • Three dimensional auxetic structure, manufacturing method and tooling
    Patent number: 11319047
    Abstract: A three-dimensional auxetic structure, comprising a plurality of adjoining hollow cells, each hollow cell having cell walls and a transversal cross section of the plurality hollow cells following a two-dimensional auxetic pattern, each cell wall comprising folding lines parallel to a plane containing the auxetic pattern such that peaks and valleys are defined in the cell walls and the cell walls being foldable along the folding lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso, Esteban Martino González, David Apellaniz De La Fuente, Alfonso Parra Rubio, Elena Moya Sanz
  • Mounting pylon for a jet engine of an aircraft comprising a particular structure
    Patent number: 11319081
    Abstract: A mounting pylon comprising a structure that comprises two C-shaped semi-structures and comprising an upper spar, a lower spar and a lateral flank, an upper panel, a lower panel, a reacting attachment point, two bars attached between the reacting attachment point and a jet engine, and a front wing attachment point attached to a wing box. The lateral flank comprises joists that are aligned between the front wing attachment point and the reacting attachment point, and where the angles between two successive joists are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Deforet, Benoit Orteu, Olivier Gleize
  • Windshield assembly for aircraft comprising a peripheral frame surrounding a set of panes separated by pillars that are non-structural with respect to the peripheral frame
    Patent number: 11319050
    Abstract: To prevent stress concentrations in the structure of an aircraft, an aircraft windshield assembly includes a peripheral frame, a windshield surrounded by the peripheral frame, the windshield comprising panes having respective lateral edges facing each other and respective other edges attached to the peripheral frame, and a pillar formed of at least one respective fishplate that covers the respective lateral edges facing each other and is bolted to the respective lateral edges facing each other, with no connection to the peripheral frame other than via the panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Loïc Chaveron, Eric Lamat
  • Bolt provided with an anti-rotation device
    Patent number: 11319981
    Abstract: A bolt comprising a threaded shaft having at least one helical thread and at least one longitudinal groove, a nut having a tapped hole configured to be screwed onto the threaded shaft, and at least one diagonal slot which includes a first opening end and a second non-opening end. The diagonal slot is inclined from the first end towards the second end in the same direction as the helical thread of the threaded shaft. An anti-rotation device is configured to rotationally immobilize the nut with respect to the threaded shaft and comprises a ring which surrounds at least the threaded shaft and which has at least one first toe configured to be housed in the longitudinal groove of the threaded shaft and in the diagonal slot of the nut, in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Paolo Messina
  • System for mixing and distributing air in an aircraft cabin and aircraft having such a system
    Patent number: 11319077
    Abstract: A system for mixing and distributing air in an aircraft cabin, comprising: a first, internal air supply line, a second air supply line at least partially surrounding the internal air supply line, and a mixed air distribution system for mixing the air supplied from the air supply lines and for distributing the mixed air. The mixed air distribution system comprises a plurality of outlet lines for the outlet of mixed air into the aircraft cabin. The two air supply lines comprise outlets which, in each case, discharge into the mixed air distribution system. The two air supply lines are thermally coupled, and the main directions of extent of the air supply lines and of the mixed air distribution system are oriented substantially parallel or collinear to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Jens Lohmar
  • Thrust reverser assembly for an engine nacelle of an aircraft
    Patent number: 11319898
    Abstract: To reduce the number of necessary actuators, improve reliability and redundancy, as well as reducing weight and fuel consumption, a thrust reverser assembly configured for reversing thrust of an aircraft engine is proposed. The thrust reverser assembly comprises flaps and linkage arrangements, wherein the flaps are driven between a stowed position and a deployed position by the linkage arrangement due to an axial movement of a part of the engine nacelle. The linkage arrangement is configured as a four bar linkage, in particular, a double rocker bar linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Luc Andréani
  • Propulsive assembly of an aircraft comprising a junction fairing between a nacelle and a pylon of the aircraft equipped with a removable cowl and aircraft equipped with said propulsive assembly
    Patent number: 11319084
    Abstract: A propulsive assembly of an aircraft comprises a junction fairing, ensuring a continuity between a nacelle and a pylon, which comprises a fixed frame, linked to the nacelle and/or to the pylon by a link system configured to absorb any deformations and/or misalignments between the nacelle and the pylon in operation, which has an outer wall comprising an opening, a cowl, mobile between a closed position in which the cowl blocks the opening, and an open position in which the cowl at least partially frees the opening, which has a panel, the outer wall of the fixed frame and the panel of the cowl having outer surfaces which form the aerodynamic surface of the junction fairing. An aircraft is also provided which comprises at least one such propulsive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Jean Geliot, Christophe Labarthe
  • Connecting assembly for electrically connecting a ribbon cable in an aircraft
    Patent number: 11322873
    Abstract: A connecting assembly for electrically connecting a ribbon cable in an aircraft. The assembly has a housing with a slot-shaped opening through which an end section of a ribbon cable can be inserted into a housing interior into a predetermined insertion position. The assembly has a first and a second engagement section which are arranged in the interior. The first engagement section is mounted such that it can be optionally moved between a first and a second position, such that by moving the first engagement section into its second position, the end section can be clamped tight optionally between the first second engagement sections and conductor tracks of the ribbon cable are then in contact with a corresponding number of electrical contacts provided on the first engagement section. In the second position, the first engagement section is releasably secured by a latching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus-Udo Freitag, Yener Palit
  • Jacketing of structural batteries
    Patent number: 11322810
    Abstract: A battery with a layers including a first layer which is electrically conductive, a second layer consisting essentially of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, a third layer of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic, a fourth layer of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and LiFePO4, where the ratio by weight of LiFePO4 to carbon fiber is from 2:1 to 2.5:1, and a fifth layer which is electrically conductive, wherein the battery has substantially been jacketed by a layer made of glass-fiber-filled polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Linde, Maciej Wysocki
  • Passenger entertainment device, passenger seat arrangement and vehicle
    Patent number: 11319071
    Abstract: A passenger entertainment device operated by a controller associated with a vehicle passenger seat. The passenger seat includes a seat, a backrest and a pocket in a back surface of the backrest facing away from the seat. The entertainment device includes a base, a display attached to a base front surface and a cover pivotably attached to the base pivotable between a first position, in which the cover covers the display, and a second position, in which the cover exposes the display. A first fastener of the entertainment device is configured to interact with a second fastener on the seat to define a fastening system for detachably fastening the cover to the seat backrest when the cover is arranged in its second position and inserted into the seat pocket, while the base is arranged outside of the pocket with the display facing away from the seat backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Alejandro Morales Anton, Taco Stouten
  • System for the automatic unlocking of a door of an aircraft
    Patent number: 11319048
    Abstract: A system for automatic unlocking of a door of an aircraft in the event of impact of the aircraft includes a door opening, a door articulated on the aircraft in the door opening, and a locking arrangement designed to lock the door to the aircraft when the door is in a closed, use state. The locking arrangement has a load-transmission device which is designed, and coupled to an impact region of the aircraft, such that, in the event of impact of the aircraft in the impact region, the load-transmission device transmits a deformation load, caused by inward deformation of the impact region, to the locking arrangement and thus unlocks the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald Risch
  • Front landing gear module for aircraft
    Patent number: 11319059
    Abstract: A front landing gear module for an aircraft is disclosed including an open box provided with at least one door and containing a deployable front landing gear. The module may be a one-piece module and also including an attachment system intended to attach it on the aircraft, which allows the module to be manufactured in advance, before it is integrated as an individual assembly into the structure of the fuselage of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Philippe Bernadet
  • Secondary locking mechanism
    Patent number: 11319053
    Abstract: An aircraft having a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip thereof is disclosed. The wing tip device is configurable between: (i) a flight configuration for use during flight and (ii) a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. A locking mechanism locks the wing tip device in the flight configuration, and includes a plurality of lugs located on each of the fixed wing and wing tip device. Locking pins are inserted through and lock together corresponding lugs when the wing tip device is in the flight configuration. A secondary locking mechanism of a plurality of blocking members prevents the removal of the locking pins from the corresponding lugs, whereby the plurality of blocking members have a common actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul Morrell
  • Leading-edge arrangement for a flow body of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11319052
    Abstract: A leading-edge arrangement for a flow body has a curved skin panel having outer and inner sides, and a three-dimensional reinforcing lattice. The curvature of the outer side of the lattice corresponds to the curvature of the inner side of the skin panel. The outer side of the lattice has attachment points connected to the inner side of the skin panel. The lattice is constructed as a three-dimensional framework having a interconnected framework members that form at least one layer of interconnected three-dimensional bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Anthony Warren, Marco Biondini
  • Aircraft nacelle comprising a cowl with two articulated doors
    Patent number: 11319083
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle which comprises a structure, an upstream cowl, an upper cowl arranged to the rear of the upstream cowl and having a starboard-side door and a port-side door, each being articulated between a closed position and an open position, each having a front edge, a rear edge, an inner edge and an outer edge. The nacelle comprises, for each door, an articulation and a locking system. Each door is articulated at the level of its outer edge and, in the closed position, the inner edge of one door is contiguous with the inner edge of the other door. Such a nacelle makes the technicians' work easier because the two articulated doors can be opened wide and give easy access under the cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Jean Geliot, Christophe Labarthe
  • System and method for determining the separation between two parts using eddy current sensors
    Patent number: 11319090
    Abstract: A system for assembling two parts, in particular parts forming the fuselage or the wings of an aircraft, includes a positioning aid guiding positioning tools so as to juxtapose the two parts at the level of an assembly zone. The assembly system further includes a set of eddy current sensors positioned in at least one of the two parts to determine the separation of the two parts at the level of the assembly zone. If the separation does not conform to a predetermined criterion the positioning tools move at least one of the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Stéphane Auffray
  • Convertible aircraft toilet
    Patent number: 11319696
    Abstract: To reduce the bulk of an aircraft toilet which includes a toilet bowl and a washbasin, the washbasin is movably mounted in the toilet to be able to adopt at least two distinct positions relative to the toilet bowl, including a retracted position adopted to bring the toilet into a configuration of use of the bowl, and a deployed position adopted to bring the toilet into a washbasin configuration, a position in which the washbasin is arranged above the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Romain Delahaye
  • Assembly for an aircraft comprising a primary structure for an attachment pylon secured to a wing box by means of fittings that are more compact in the leading edge region
    Patent number: 11319080
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a wing, an engine attachment pylon comprising a primary structure and an arrangement for securing the primary structure to a wing box. The arrangement comprises two lateral front fittings, each of these fittings comprising a first connecting portion secured to the front wing spar, a second connecting portion secured to the primary structure of the attachment pylon, at least one securing member linking the first and second connecting portions, this securing member being articulated to the first connecting portion with the aid of a first pin system oriented substantially parallel to the front wing spar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro