Patents Assigned to Airbus
  • Aircraft fuselage frame
    Patent number: 10124876
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Diego Folch Cortes, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Angel Pascual Fuertes, Sandra Linares Mendoza, Julien Guillemaut, Eric Bouchet, Jerome Colmagro, Jonathan Blanc
  • Electronics cabinet with ventilation system
    Patent number: 10130011
    Abstract: A cabinet designed to accommodate at least one item of electronic equipment and a system for interconnecting such a cabinet with the external networks for blowing and extracting air. The system includes at least one of a blowing inlet and an extracting outlet including a plurality of orifices and at least one hollow structural upright as a part of the blowing circuit or of the extracting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • Drilling tool and device for drilling with cryogenic cooling and method for drilling a stack of heterogeneous materials
    Patent number: 10124416
    Abstract: A drill bit having an interior canal for liquid nitrogen to pass longitudinally through the body of the drill bit. The canal has, on the side of a cutting edge of the drill bit, at least one liquid nitrogen ejection duct that opens near the cutting edge which is formed by an insert made with polycrystalline diamond fixed to the body of the drill bit. A device for drilling a metal-composite stack includes the drill bit, a liquid nitrogen production unit and a distribution network to distribute the liquid nitrogen. The device drills through a metal-composite stack in a single pass of the drill bit. The liquid nitrogen at cryogenic temperature is conveyed close to the cutting edge, at least while the cutting edge is in contact with the metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Daniel Aliaga, Dominique Schuster, Fernand Vinhas, Guillaume Abrivard
  • Aerodynamic Sealing And Wing For An Aircraft Comprising Such Sealing
    Publication number: 20180319480
    Abstract: An aerodynamic sealing includes: an elastic first sealing wall extending between a first bottom edge and a first tip edge; an elastic second sealing wall extending between a second bottom edge and a second tip edge, and extending convergent with respect to the first sealing wall, so that the first and second sealing walls are joined together at their first and second tip edges to form a tip line; a bottom element connecting the first bottom edge to the second bottom edge, wherein the bottom element is joined to both the first sealing wall and the second sealing wall; and a plurality of stiffening elements connecting the first sealing wall to the second sealing wall between the tip line and the bottom element, wherein the stiffening elements are spaced apart from one another and joined to both the first sealing wall and the second sealing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Lorenz
  • Method of joining panels for an airframe
    Patent number: 10118685
    Abstract: A method of joining two panels of an airframe or fuselage structure of an aircraft or spacecraft, including: preparing an edge region of a first panel to form a first joining surface; preparing an edge region of a second panel to form a second joining surface; aligning the panels with one another such that the joining surfaces abut or interface one another forming a joint area; and joining the panels at the joining surfaces in the joint area. In an embodiment, the preparing steps include machining, and cutting, the edge regions of the first and second panels in a single operation to form the first and second joining surfaces substantially simultaneously. In another embodiment, the first and second joining surfaces are substantially planar and extend at an oblique angle with respect to a primary plane or surface of the respective first and second panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Elze, Marco Pacchione, Juergen Silvanus
  • Device for use in drilling, method for drilling, and method for preparing a workpiece or an arrangement of workpieces for drilling
    Patent number: 10118233
    Abstract: A device for use in drilling is adapted to be used in cooperation with a drilling unit that comprises a bush inside which a drill bit can advance and retract relative to the bush, the bush being provided with an opening from which the drill bit can protrude towards a workpiece or an arrangement of workpieces. The device includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is formed so as to fit into the opening of the bush. The second portion is formed so as to fit into a pre-drilled pilot hole in the workpiece or in at least one workpiece of the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Gruhn, Anna Klauser
  • Aircraft component with closed box structure
    Patent number: 10118348
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aircraft component, the component comprising a pair of covers joined by a pair of spars. The covers and spars form a closed box structure with four corners, each corner providing a transition between one of the covers and one of the spars. The method comprises: laying up a laminated sheet of fiber plies; and after the sheet has been laid up, folding the sheet to form the four corners and then joining the sheet to itself to provide the closed box structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Price, Chetan Korya, Peter Baker, Stephen Williams
  • Multiuse-capable test environment for a plurality of test objects
    Patent number: 10120771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for providing a test environment for testing test objects. The arrangement includes a first test case implementation unit and a second test case implementation unit, as well as a first test object and a second test object. In one embodiment, the test environment is configured such that at least the first test case implementation unit is coupled to at least one of the first test object and the second test object for implementing a test case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Wager, Bernd Schumacher
  • Artificial Satellite
    Patent number: 10118717
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial satellite including a battery pack capable of dissipating heat, at least one radiator capable of conveying the heat dissipated by the battery pack into space, and a low-dissipation equipment item having an individual power flux density of less than 250 watts/m2. The satellite includes a thermally insulating cover delimiting, together with the radiator, an interior isothermal zone in which thermal control takes place by radiation, the battery pack and the low-dissipation equipment being arranged in thermally insulating cover. The battery pack has an operating range of between 0° C. and 50° C. and preferably of between 10° C. and 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventor: Andrew Walker
  • Method and device for estimating a lateral speed and a lateral position of an aircraft, during a phase where the aircraft is traveling on the ground
    Patent number: 10121385
    Abstract: Method and device for estimating lateral speed and lateral position of an aircraft during a phase where the aircraft is traveling on the ground. The device includes a unit for determining an initial lateral position value, corresponding to lateral position with respect to axis of a runway when touching down on landing, a unit for repetitively determining, at least from runway touch down, current ground speed and a current lateral angular deviation, representing angular deviation between the current route and the heading of the runway, a unit for repetitively computing current lateral speed, from the current ground speed and current lateral angular deviation, a unit for computing a current lateral position, from current lateral speed and initial lateral position, and a link for transmitting the current lateral speed and/or the current lateral position to at least one user system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Fabien Guignard, Priteche Venilal
  • Method of controlling the thrust of the jets of an aircraft during the takeoff phase, control device and aircraft corresponding thereto
    Patent number: 10118711
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a method of controlling the thrust of the jets of a multi-jet aircraft, during the aircraft takeoff phase, which successively comprises a first step of controlling the jets to a first thrust level, until the aircraft reaches a first predetermined speed, and a second step of controlling the jets to a second thrust level, less than the first thrust level, when the aircraft exhibits a speed greater than the first predetermined speed, the first predetermined speed being less than the minimum ground control speed of the aircraft when the jets are at the second thrust level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Cédric Consola, Olivier Blusson, Jean-Philippe Sabathier
  • Electronic circuit card and corresponding signal acquisition and generation system, including one or more programmable digital matrix switches
    Patent number: 10122554
    Abstract: An electronic circuit card and a corresponding data acquisition and generation system, including a conditioning circuit for conditioning input signals of at least two types chosen from the following types: digital, discrete, analog. A binary modulator and resources for processing the different types of input signals are provided. A programmable digital matrix switch for input signals is used to route the input signals to the resources corresponding to the types of the signals. Alternatively, or additionally, the card includes an output signal modulator and an output signal programmable digital matrix switch used to route the modulated output signals to an amplifier as a function of their type. The programmable digital matrix switches make it possible to address constraints regarding the segregation of varying numbers of input/output signals of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Stephan Roux, Michel Pasquier
  • Rotorcraft rotor comprising a hub made of composite materials obtained from carbon fiber fabric dusted in a thermoplastic resin
    Patent number: 10118694
    Abstract: A rotorcraft rotor comprising a hub made up of a monolithic body of composite material obtained by stacking successive layers of carbon fiber fabric dusted with a thermoplastic resin and compressed while hot. The hub is provided with branches on which respective blades are mounted via hinge systems, each including a strength member bearing radially against a corresponding branch. The strength members are individually received in sockets defined on fabrication so that when the rotor is set into rotation at a predefined operating speed, the radial thrust seat for enabling the strength members to bear against the branches present bearing surfaces that are cylindrical, the radial thrust seats then being of shape complementary to a cylindrical bearing surface of the corresponding strength member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Matthieu Ferrant, Stephane Mazet
  • Transport device for lithium batteries in an aircraft
    Patent number: 10122000
    Abstract: A transport device for lithium batteries in an aircraft, in particular in a hold, includes a container and a lid, lithium batteries being arranged in the container and the lid closing the container during transport of the lithium batteries. A shutoff valve neutralizes electrolyte released by the lithium batteries within the container or conveys the electrolyte to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Rohrbach, Nadine Gomm
  • AIRCRAFT HAVING A STATIC AIR INLET SYSTEM WITH A SEPARATOR, AND AN ANTIVIBRATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180312269
    Abstract: An aircraft having a static air inlet system. The static air inlet system comprises a static air intake, the static air intake having a through opening formed in a top structural assembly, the through opening forming an interface between a medium and an inside space of the top structural assembly. The static air inlet system has at least one separator subdividing the through opening into at least two distinct slots, the separator comprising a first portion extended by a second portion, the first portion extending inside the inside space and the second portion extending outside the inside space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Damien DESVIGNE
  • DEVICE FOR REGULATING A SETPOINT FOR A SPEED OF ROTATION OF A ROTORCRAFT ROTOR, A ROTORCRAFT FITTED WITH SUCH A DEVICE, AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD OF REGULATION
    Publication number: 20180312250
    Abstract: A regulator device for regulating a control setpoint for a speed of rotation, written NR, for at least one main rotor of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft including at least one measurement member for taking measurements representative of a current vertical elevation of the rotorcraft relative to a reference level Ref; and measurement means serving to measure at least one vertical component of a travel speed of the rotorcraft relative to the air surrounding the rotorcraft, the regulator device for regulating the control setpoint of the speed including management means for automatically controlling the control setpoint for the speed in accordance with at least two predetermined control relationships that are distinct from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Setareh TAHERI, Nicolas CERTAIN
  • WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180312244
    Abstract: An aircraft wing includes a main wing having an outer skin defining an interior space of the main wing, a slat, and a connection assembly for movably connecting the slat to the main wing, such that the slat is movable in a predefined motion between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The assembly includes an elongate guide arranged within the interior space, a bearing at least partly arranged outside the interior space, an elongate slat track with a first end section connected to the slat and a second end section movably and rotatable connected to the guide, such that the second end section is movable along a predefined pathway defined by the guide while being connected to the main wing. An intermediate section of the slat track is movably and rotatably supported on the main wing, such that the guide and the bearing support the predefined motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bensmann
  • VIBRATION FILTER MECHANISM FOR ARRANGING BETWEEN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, AND A SEAT FITTED WITH SUCH A MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20180312259
    Abstract: A vibration filter mechanism between a fuselage and a piece of equipment of the aircraft. The filter mechanism comprises a pair of filter members, each secured with a first structure that is to be connected to the fuselage and with a second structure of the piece of equipment. Each filter member is secured with the first structure via a first pivot type connection having one degree of freedom to move in rotation and with the second structure via a second pivot type connection having one degree of freedom to move in rotation. The filter mechanism includes resilient return means for deforming during relative movement in rotation between at least one of the filter members and the first structure. The resilient return means presents a predetermined stiffness suitable for generating a return force opposing the relative movement in rotation between at least one of the filter members and the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Julien GUITTON, Anne-Claire CHAPUIS-DESPLANQUES, Ambrosius WEISS, Thomas MANFREDOTTI
  • Drive system for landing gear and drive system control method
    Patent number: 10112703
    Abstract: A method for controlling a separation between rotational axes of a pair of meshing gears is disclosed. A parameter indicative of a transmission error through the gears is measured and the separation is controlled, aiming to minimise variations in the measured signal. This acts to reduce variations in transmission error and the related vibrations created in the drive system and in the surrounding components. A related drive system and aircraft landing gear are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fraser Wilson
  • Method and a device for stopping a turboshaft engine in nominal operation
    Patent number: 10112723
    Abstract: A method of stopping a turboshaft engine in flight. During a power reduction step, a current power of the engine for stopping is reduced to reach zero power, and a current speed of rotation of the gas generator of the engine for stopping is reduced to reach a predetermined intermediate speed when the current power becomes zero. During a temperature stabilization step, the current speed of rotation remains equal to the intermediate speed. During a shutdown step, the current speed of rotation is reduced to reach zero speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Regis Rossotto, Jean-Francois Piccone