Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Patent number: 11220339
    Abstract: A method for installing a preassembled internal fitting component of an aircraft, at least one luggage compartment being attached in an articulated manner to a fixing means and beside a ceiling lining and, optionally, a service unit being attached in an articulated manner to the luggage compartment and, likewise optionally, a covering element being attached in an articulated manner to the service unit. Following transport of the preassembled internal fitting component into a final mounting position, the individual elements of the internal fitting component can be mounted in the aircraft one after another by folding out and mounting. Also, a corresponding internal fitting component and to a system for mounting internal fitting components with a mobile mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Horn, Surya Utomo
  • Patent number: 11220978
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle comprising a slider mobile in translation between an advanced and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each one mobile in rotation on the slider between a stowed and a deployed position, where the blades are split into groups, where each group comprises a first blade, and a maneuvering system moving each blade and comprising a cam integral with the first blade of one of the groups and having a tooth, a groove receiving the tooth, a first transmission system transmitting the movement of the first blade bearing the cam to a first blade of each other group, and, for each group, a second transmission system transmitting the movement of the blade that bears the cam or is moved by the first transmission system to each of the other blades of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, José Goncalves, Bastian Sabathier
  • Patent number: 11219969
    Abstract: A method for edge-to-edge welding of a first sheet metal panel to a second sheet metal panel on a bearing structure. The method comprises positioning and fixing the first panel to the bearing structure, positioning and fixing the second panel to the bearing structure with the second panel overlapping a raw edge of the first panel, jointly cutting the first panel and the second panel in the overlap area to form a connection edge of the first panel and a connection edge of the second panel, withdrawing scrap cuttings from the first panel and scrap cuttings from the second panel, and friction stir welding the connection edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Her, Raphaël Hardy
  • Publication number: 20220001223
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly including a turbomachine attached to a pylon, and a fire-fighting system, the turbomachine including fire zones, the fire-fighting system including two reservoirs of pressurized extinguishing agent in the pylon and a distribution line connecting the reservoirs to nozzles. The distribution line includes connected pipes having a low point between the reservoirs and the nozzles, and, for each low point, a fluid drainage device for evacuating fluid. The drainage device includes a fluid passage for fluid evacuation from the distribution line and a mechanism for shutting off the fluid passage, the mechanism movable under effect of distribution line pressure, between a first position where it opens the fluid passage and a second position where it closes the fluid passage, the second position being reached when the pressure in the distribution line is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie, Arnaud Guichot, Nicolas Brachet
  • Patent number: 11215142
    Abstract: A bypass turbojet nacelle comprising a fixed structure, a fixed cowl and a cowl movable in translation between advanced and withdrawn positions by a ram with a reverser flap movable thereon, and a deployment system comprising a first slider integral with the movable cowl, a first groove comprising a first part and a curved, second part integral with the fixed structure, a second slider movable in translation in the second groove part, a first connecting rod rotatable on the first slider and on the second slider, and a second connecting rod articulated on both the first connecting rod first end and the reverser flap. The ram rod is articulated on the first connecting rod. Moving the first slider from the advanced to the withdrawn position moves the second slider along the first part and, when the first slider reaches the withdrawn position, the second slider moves along the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Olivier Pautis
  • Patent number: 11214352
    Abstract: A control surface of an aircraft comprises a fixed skin panel, a first flexurally elastic skin panel and a second flexurally elastic skin panel, which is connected to the first flexurally elastic skin panel and is configured to at least partially overlap the fixed skin panel. Furthermore, the control surface comprises an actuator system, which is configured to move the second flexurally elastic skin panel parallel to the fixed skin panel, wherein the actuator system has a fixed structural element arranged in a root region of the control surface, and a structural element that is movable relative to the fixed structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Antonio Bentivoglio, Marco Biondini, Michael Hoeft, Henrik Luettmann, Malte Werwer, Andre Thomas
  • Patent number: 11214387
    Abstract: An assembly method for an air intake of a jet engine of an aircraft, comprising providing an acoustic panel, an outside panel, flanges and a collar, arranging a rear edge of the acoustic panel on an assembly chassis. The flanges and the collar are attached at the rear edge of the acoustic panel. A rear edge of the outside panel is attached to the attached collar. A first set of geometric data of a front edge of the acoustic panel is measured and a second set of geometric data of a front edge of the outside panel is measured. A U-shaped lip as a single element is produced based on the two sets of geometric data. An inside leg of the lip is attached to the front edge of the acoustic panel and an outside leg of the lip is attached to the front edge of the outside panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Noël Laurent
  • Patent number: 11214357
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft having a fixed wing, a foldable wing tip portion rotatably attached to the fixed wing and an actuation unit for rotating the foldable wing tip portion relative to the fixed wing about a hinge axis is disclosed. The actuation unit includes a traction means for transmitting traction between the fixed wing and the foldable wing tip portion, a main wheel attached to the foldable wing tip portion and in contact with the traction means and a drive means for generating traction to be transmitted by the traction means. The actuation unit generates traction with the drive means in the traction means so that the foldable wing tip portion can be rotated relative to the fixed wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11214353
    Abstract: A wing arrangement for an aircraft is disclosed including a wing having a fixed wing portion and a wing tip portion, wherein a the wing tip portion is pivotably connected to the fixed wing portion such that the wing tip portion is selectively pivotable about a pivot axis relative to the fixed wing portion between a first wing tip portion position and a wing tip portion second position, an actuator having an output element adapted to transfer an actuating torque and/or force to the wing tip portion for actuating the wing tip portion for movement about the pivot axis. The output element is movable between a first actuator position and a second actuator position, a first end stop for preventing movement of the wing tip portion beyond the first wing tip portion position, a detector adapted to detect a position of the output element, and a control unit adapted to control the actuating torque and/or force of the actuator based on the detected position of the output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Saskia Dege
  • Patent number: 11215118
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system including a turbojet and heat exchanger system including a heat exchanger. A supply connection and evacuation connection are forward, and aft are a transfer connection and a scoop connection, a supply pipe connected to the supply connection, and which bleeds hot air from the compression stages. A transfer pipe connected to the transfer connection transfers hot air to an air management system. A scoop connected to a scoop connection bleeds cold air from a fan duct and an evacuation pipe, including an inlet connected to the evacuation connection and an outlet, which emerges on the outside, where hot air through the heat exchanger from the supply pipe to the transfer pipe passes along a first transfer direction and cold air passes through the heat exchanger from each scoop to the inlet along a second transfer direction parallel to the first transfer direction in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Bruno Medda, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Esteban Martino González, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Patent number: 11214176
    Abstract: A rail covering for a sliding seat rail between two passenger seats in a cabin of a vehicle has a first and a second elongate covering element. The first and second covering elements are formed complementary with respect to each other, allowing the first covering element to telescopically engage with a lower side of the second covering element. The first covering element has, at least in regions on a lower side, a first guide which displaceably holds the first covering element on the sliding seat rail along the main direction of extent thereof. The second covering element has an open end arranged on the end side and, at an end arranged oppositely on the end side on a lower side, has a second guide which displaceably holds the second covering element on the sliding seat rail along the main direction of extent thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Claus-Peter Gross
  • Patent number: 11214355
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft is disclosed having a main wing, a slat, and a connection assembly movable connecting the slat to the main wing. The connection assembly includes an elongate slat track, and the front end of the slat track is mounted to the slat. The rear end and the intermediate portion of the slat track are mounted to the main wing by a roller bearing that includes a guide rail mounted to the main wing and a first roller unit mounted to the rear end of the slat track and engaging the guide rail, and wherein the roller bearing having a second roller unit that is mounted to the main wing and that engages an engagement surface of the slat track. The slat track is supported in a wing span direction by a lateral support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Florian Lorenz, Dennis Krey, Stefan Bensmann
  • Patent number: 11215141
    Abstract: A turbofan comprising a motor and a nacelle, surrounding the motor, where a duct for a bypass flow is delimited between the nacelle and the motor and in which a flow of air flows. The nacelle comprises reverser flaps where each one is articulated between a stowed position in which it is not in the bypass duct and a deployed position in which it is across the bypass duct. The turbofan has at least one reverser flap with at least one leakage window configured to allow airflow in the deployed position. The at least one reverser flap has at least one fin extending across the leakage window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla
  • Patent number: 11214011
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing edges of composite fiber components includes a strip feeder to apply a thermoplastic semifinished product to a cut edge of a composite fiber component, and an ultrasonic welding apparatus to thermoplastically or integrally join the thermoplastic semifinished product to the cut edge of the composite fiber component by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Born
  • Patent number: 11208193
    Abstract: An acoustic panel (1) includes a plate (2) made of an acoustic absorbing material (3), as well as a resistive skin (4) and a backing skin (6) arranged respectively on both sides of the plate (2), the acoustic panel (1) including acoustic elements (8) able to carry out an acoustic absorption, each of them being arranged in a housing (7) provided in the plate (2) with an opening (9) in front of the resistive skin (4). The combination of the plate (2) and the acoustic elements (8) allows to combine the sound attenuation properties of these two types of elements and to increase the frequency range of sounds that can be attenuated by the acoustic panel (1), without increasing the dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Florian Ravise, Wolfgang Brochard
  • Patent number: 11208194
    Abstract: A spar assembly for an aircraft wing extends between an upper cover and a lower cover and includes linkages spaced consecutively along the length of the spar assembly, each linkage extending from an upper pivot, to a lower pivot, thereby joining upper and lower attachment structures of the spar assembly together. Each linkage includes a pair of fixed-length links pivotably connected at one end about a center pivot and pivotably connected at respective other ends. The spar assembly includes a drive bar connected to the center pivot of each of the linkages, and an actuator arranged to move the drive bar along the length of the spar assembly. When the actuator moves the drive bar along the length of the spar structure, the links in each pair of links are rotated relative to each other about the center pivot, thereby moving the upper and lower covers and warping the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: David Brakes, Denys Custance
  • Patent number: 11208196
    Abstract: An aerodynamic surface for an aircraft, comprising a torsion box, a movable control surface, and a central element, the torsion box comprising a rear spar, upper and lower covers, and the movable control surface comprising a leading edge, a front spar, a hinge line, a beam having a first end and a second end, and a counterweight attached to the second end of the beam. The first end of the beam is attached to the front spar, and the second end is projected beyond at least the hinge line so that the counterweight is arranged between the upper and lower covers extending from the rear spar of the torsion box towards the movable control surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Jesus San Pedro Perez, Bibiana Masia Cabañes, Alberto Sanchez Lopez
  • Patent number: 11203435
    Abstract: A fastening system for a vehicle has a rail with a flange, which has a bearing surface, and a crosspiece, which bears the flange, also has an accommodating device, arranged on the crosspiece and has an accommodating bore, arranged parallel to the flange and runs through the crosspiece, further has a barrel nut having a longitudinal axis and a bore, which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, and additionally has a securing device. The flange has a flange opening directed towards the bore. The position of the bore in the nut is aligned with the flange opening when the nut is in the bore. The securing device fixes the nut along the longitudinal axis in the bore. The securing device or the shape of the nut and/or of the bore fix the nut in a rotationally fixed manner in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rekert, Frank Klive, Jan Richardson-Busshoff
  • Patent number: 11203410
    Abstract: An aircraft is disclosed having a wing, the wing having a fixed wing with a wing tip device moveably mounted about a hinge at the tip thereof. The wing tip device is operable between a flight configuration, and a load alleviating configuration for load alleviation during flight. The aircraft includes a restraining assembly operable between a restraining mode in which the wing tip device is held in the flight configuration using a restraining force such as by a brake, and a releasing mode in which the restraining force on the wing tip device is released, such that the wing tip device may adopt the load alleviating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Wilson, Martin Herring, John Pattinson, Jonathan Cooper, Andrea Castrichini, Rafic Ajaj, Hitul Dhoru
  • Patent number: D939849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Saint-Jalmes, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer