Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations
  • Patent number: 10766632
    Abstract: A system (1) including an identification unit (2) for identifying at least one actuation element to be actuated to implement a current control from a check-list, a signaling unit (3) for visually highlighting the identified actuation element, a detection unit (4) for detecting a position of a hand of a pilot, a checking unit (5) for checking whether the detected position of the hand of the pilot is consistent with the position of the identified and highlighted actuation element for the actuation thereof, an alert unit (6) for alerting the pilot to a risk of incorrect actuation, in case of absence of consistency between the detected position of the hand of the pilot and the position of the actuation element, and a recovery unit (15) for identifying, in case of incorrect actuation, at least one suggest correct actuation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Freddy Le Provost, Alexandre Duchevet, Estelle Delpech, Vincent Souffrant, Benoît Papaïx, Nicolas Chatrenet, Yannick Deleris
  • Patent number: 10766607
    Abstract: A landing gear is disclosed having a main strut connected at one end to an aircraft via a main joint is disclosed. The landing gear further includes an inboard sidestay assembly connected to the main strut. The inboard sidestay assembly includes a forward stay connected at one end to the aircraft, a rear stay connected at one end to the fuselage, and a shear web extending between the forward stay and the rear stay and configured to resist movement of the forward stay relative to the rear stay. The landing gear is arranged such that when the landing gear is extended substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the aircraft via one or more of the main joint, the forward stay and the rear stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nebojsa Sakota, Norman Wijker
  • Patent number: 10769319
    Abstract: Prediction methods and systems including a central processing unit including a data acquisition unit configured to acquire experimental data of a parameter characterizing the time-dependent phenomenon, a data acquisition unit configured to acquire digital data of the parameter characterizing the phenomenon, and a data processing unit configured to combine the experimental data and the digital data, by using a proper orthogonal decomposition POD that makes it possible to obtain an effective prediction of the time-dependent phenomenon, combining the advantages of the experimental data (accuracy) and those of the digital data (spatial resolution).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus Group India Private Limited, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Barth, Lars Hansen, Mathieu Berthomet, Saravanan Rajan
  • Patent number: 10766593
    Abstract: In order to allow robust assembly in an aircraft between a structural element and a self-stiffened panel comprising a skin and a stiffening structure formed of a network of ribs extending out from a first face of the skin, the structural element comprises at least one end formed of a first closure rib, the stiffening structure comprises at least one end formed of a second closure rib, and a portion the height of which increases progressively as far as the second closure rib, and the structural element being fixed to the self-stiffened panel via first through-fixing elements which fix the first closure rib to the second closure rib. The structural element comprises a sole exhibiting a second face having an inset delimiting a space which accepts an end part of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Damien Guilloteau
  • Patent number: 10766621
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment for an aircraft cabin, including providing a shell part extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the shell part has a first edge at the first end and a second edge at the second end. A first end wall and a second end wall are provided. The shell part and the first and second end walls are assembled, wherein the first edge is attached to the first end wall and the second edge is attached to the second end wall, such that the shell part, the first end wall and the second end wall together surround an interior space. An object, to provide a simple and fast method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment, wherein possibly little handwork is required, is achieved in that the first end wall and/or the second end wall include an undirected long fiber reinforced plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Fette, Ingo Roth
  • Publication number: 20200277039
    Abstract: A wing leading edge device includes a flow body having a front side, which is delimited by a first spanwise edge and a second spanwise edge, a back side, which is delimited by the first spanwise edge and the second spanwise edge, a front skin arranged on the front side, a back skin arranged on the back side, and at least one stiffening arrangement between the front skin and the back skin in the region of the first spanwise edge, wherein the front skin extends continuously and free from interruptions between the first spanwise edge and the second spanwise edge and covers the at least one stiffening arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bensmann, Marcus Erban, Martin Fees
  • Patent number: 10759058
    Abstract: A processing device for the assembly of an aircraft encompasses a positioning frame, a guide device and a movable tool arm. The positioning frame can be attached to a segment of a hall floor. The guide device is movably guided on the positioning frame. The movable tool arm is attached to the guide device, and its free end exhibits a tool holder. The processing method for the assembly of aircraft encompasses the steps of providing a positioning frame on a segment of the hall floor, and guiding a guide device on the positioning arm. The guide device here exhibits a movable tool arm, and a free end of the tool arm exhibits a tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Frauen, Sven Buttkereit
  • Patent number: 10759536
    Abstract: A power control arrangement for an aircraft galley including a power control unit and an interface unit. A power input of the power control unit includes a main switch and connects to a power feed. Each of a power outlets of the power control unit includes an outlet switch and connects to a galley insert. A main switch interface on the interface unit is provided for switching of the main switch. Each outlet switch interface of the interface unit is associated with one of the outlet switches for switching the outlet switch. The interface unit is arranged remote from the power control unit and the switch interfaces are connected to the corresponding switch via an electrical, radio or optical connection for controlling switching of the switches. Further, an aircraft galley and an aircraft are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Bajorat, Olaf Schlatter
  • Patent number: 10759542
    Abstract: A rear engine attachment includes a beam attached to the reactor strut, a rudder mounted by a pivot connection on the beam about a main rotational axis, and two thrust rods each exhibiting a first end attached to the rudder and a second end attached to a front section of an engine, the two thrust rods and the rudder attached to the beam together defining a primary thrust path between the engine and the reactor strut to bear the engine thrust. For each thrust rod, the rear engine attachment exhibits a waiting fail-safe system activated in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The rear engine attachment includes, for each thrust rod, a break detector integral with the rudder which is provided to come into contact with the beam in the event of a failure of the primary thrust path. The attachment allows a quick inspection to be made to determine whether there has been a failure of the primary thrust path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Couffignal, Jérôme Cassagne, Didier Rovatti, Thomas Deforet, Benoit Orteu, Michael Belin, Miren Egana-Abarrategui
  • Patent number: 10759514
    Abstract: A rotatable locking member for locking an aircraft wing with a movable wing tip device. The rotatable locking member including a U-shaped receiving portion arranged such that in an unlocked position the locking pin may be moved into and out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and in a locked position the locking pin is not able to be moved out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and the rotatable locking member is configured to be moved between the unlocked and locked position by rotational movement around the longitudinal central axis of the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Eric Wildman, Matthew Harding
  • Patent number: 10759522
    Abstract: An aircraft including a wing and a wing tip device is disclosed. The wing tip device is moveable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations. In the ground configuration the wing tip device is folded inwardly from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft is reduced. The wing tip device is connected to the wing along a hinge axis by spar beams of the wing tip device, one of the beams being mounted for pivoting about a fixed axis and the other beam being mounted on a spherical bearing to provide greater freedom of movement. Various actuator arrangements may be provided to pivot the wing tip device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Axford, Tony Fong, Stuart Alexander
  • Patent number: 10759512
    Abstract: An aircraft composite panel assembly includes a first panel having upper and lower faces, the lower face having a recess on a first side of the panel, a second panel having upper and lower faces, the lower face having an outward projection at a first side of the panel, the outward projection received on the recess forming a lower continuous face; and a forward stack of plies of composite material bonded to the upper face of the first panel, the forward stack of plies having an edge overlapping the first side of the first panel, and the number of plies of the forward stack of plies decreasing toward the opposite side of the first side of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Miguel Ángel Rocher Pastor, Victor Tabernero Martínez
  • Publication number: 20200269964
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement on an aircraft fuselage has a fuselage component, an electrical consumer and a conductive electrical connection element. The connection element extends outwardly through an opening in the fuselage component and may have a bearing section on an inside or outside of the fuselage component that is arranged so as to tap or feed a voltage pole. The electrical connection element is electrically insulated from the opening and the fuselage component and is able to be connected to a voltage supply arranged on the inside. The electrical consumer is arranged on the outside of the fuselage component and is electrically connected to that part of the connection element projecting towards the outside of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Kai Schulze-Reimann
  • Publication number: 20200269996
    Abstract: A mobile machine includes a fuselage having at least one door, inside which is located a unit for processing measurements taken by at least one measurement device installed outside said fuselage. The system for communication between the processing unit and the measurement device includes a flex circuit that is affixed at least partially flat in the door corner between the door and the rim of the opening formed in the fuselage with which the door is associated and one of the ends, the internal end, of which is located inside the fuselage and the other, external, end of which is located outside. Since the flex circuit makes it possible to pass through the wall of the fuselage via the opening for doors, the need to make substantial modifications to the aircraft is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Hervé Lasserre, Xavier Alquier, Aymeric Plo
  • Patent number: 10752364
    Abstract: A seat module includes a passenger seat attachable to a cabin floor, and a separate ottoman unit associated with the passenger seat. The ottoman unit has at least one resting surface for a passenger and a base, which base is attachable to the cabin floor by an adjustment unit at a position in a first direction of the passenger seat. The adjustment unit is configured to allow a selective displacement of the ottoman unit relative to the cabin floor along the first direction and at least a second direction perpendicular thereto into a seating position and a resting position of the seat module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Sieben
  • Patent number: 10752366
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a main engine to provide a supply of bleed air, an APU housing within an APU compartment and having an APU bleed valve, an APU bleed air duct connecting main engine with the APU, and a bleed air heating system for the APU compartment comprising an auxiliary pipeline connecting the APU bleed air duct with the APU compartment, a temperature sensor, an auxiliary pipeline valve to control the discharge of bleed air into the APU compartment, and a temperature controller configured to establish a heating operation mode, when the sensed temperature falls below a minimum temperature threshold value, and a standby operation mode, when the sensed temperature surpasses a maximum temperature threshold value. The temperature controller operates the main engine and the valves to establish these operation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Pio Fernandez-Lopez, Pedro Felipe Ramos Paul Lastra, Cristina Sañudo Obregon, Maria Zamarro Martin
  • Patent number: 10753314
    Abstract: A nacelle includes a fixed structure supporting a fixed cowl and a movable cowl, the movable cowl being movable translationally between a closing position and an opening position. A blocker door is movably mounted rotationally on the nacelle between a closed position and an open position. The nacelle includes a drive mechanism of the blocker door and of the movable cowl between the closed/closing position and the open/opening position of the blocker door/movable cowl, respectively, and vice versa, the drive mechanism includes at least one actuator fixed, to the fixed structure of the nacelle and, to a fitting fixed to the movable cowl. The drive mechanism includes, for each actuator, a flexible member having a first end fixed to the fixed structure of the nacelle and a second end fixed to the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Eric Haramburu, Patrick Oberle, Eric Masson
  • Patent number: 10753074
    Abstract: A lavatory for a vehicle includes a housing that is accessible through an access opening, and a washing apparatus for washing feet. The washing apparatus includes a water supply device and a water removal device. The washing apparatus also includes a depression, with which the water removal device is couplable and which is positionable underneath the water supply device. The depression has a use height, which is 700 mm at a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Axel Voetter
  • Patent number: 10752362
    Abstract: A receiving system for receiving of persons and objects for a cabin of a vehicle is proposed, the system comprising a seat frame having a plurality of receiving sections created on the seat frame for receiving of a seat unit each; a plurality of seat units, which are mountable on a receiving section each; and at least one stowage bin unit, which is mountable on one of the receiving sections. The stowage bin unit is dimensioned such that it is mountable on an outer one of the receiving sections in case on the remaining receiving sections a seat unit each is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Heidtmann, Roland Lange
  • Patent number: 10752191
    Abstract: A vehicle fairing includes an electrical routing for conducting power and/or control signals between spaced-apart components of a vehicle structure. The vehicle fairing includes an outer surface configured to form part of an outer surface of a vehicle body. The electrical routing includes a printed circuit board having a substrate and a first conductive path for conduction of electrical current or signals provided on the substrate. The substrate is substantially rigid and forms at least a portion of the outer surface of the vehicle fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Jack Blanchard, Anthony Bryant