Patents Assigned to Airbus
  • Patent number: 12339365
    Abstract: A method and a system for stripping a part which includes visualizing a zone to be stripped on a screen using a camera, aligning a center of the zone to be stripped with a pattern overlaid on the screen, defining a stripping dimension around the center of the zone to be stripped and controlling a laser source to have the laser source strip the zone to be stripped within that dimension. Such a method makes it possible to correctly visualize the positioning of the laser source with respect to the zone to be stripped before the stripping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Gilles Echasserieau
  • Patent number: 12337997
    Abstract: A temporary pintle support which can attach between upper prongs of a landing gear, and which is arranged to hold pintle pins prior to installation of the landing gear assembly at an aircraft. The pintle support is attached at the landing gear to align the pintle pins with their respective attachment bearings on each of the prongs. The pintle support may be removed once the pintle pins are fully inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Dominique Chasteau, Guilherme Barsali, James Barnes, Christopher James Perkins
  • Patent number: 12338775
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft having a chassis in the form of a cage with bars, a turbine, a dihydrogen supply pipe winding inside a nacelle as far as the rear of the turbine, with a radial step towards the outside of the nacelle, a rail with a radial step towards the outside of the nacelle, a bypass pipe connected between the two radial steps outside the nacelle, and a protection plate fastened to the bars, and an absorber between the protection plate and the related bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Emmanuel Vardelle
  • Patent number: 12337981
    Abstract: A variable fairing for covering a hydrogen duct system installation on the outside of an aircraft part, wherein the fairing comprises at least one fairing body to be mounted on the aircraft part, an air inlet and an air outlet and at least one movable closure mechanism configured to open and close a top portion of the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Puschmann
  • Publication number: 20250198329
    Abstract: An engine protection cover device for airtight sealing an engine of an aircraft or spacecraft includes an air intake cover being inflatable to correspond to the internal dimension of the air intake for airtight sealing the same, wherein the air intake cover includes an airtight sealable access opening for attaching or passing through an air dryer for drying the air inside the engine. An aircraft or spacecraft is disclosed with such an engine protection cover device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Brand, Andreas Noeske, Stefan Binz, Sonntag Nico
  • Patent number: 12330785
    Abstract: An aircraft wing including a flap system mounted at a leading or trailing edge of the wing and includes at least two movable flap devices spaced apart in a spanwise direction Y from each other, each movable flap device supported by at least one support station and driven about a hinge axis by at least one drive system. The flap system includes a synchronizing torque element connected to the movable flap devices, wherein the synchronizing torque element is configured to transmit a torque between the movable flap devices to actuate a rotational movement of the movable flap devices, and wherein the synchronizing torque element is positioned between the movable flap devices and around an adjacent system or structural component that is also positioned between the movable flap devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Christoph Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 12330786
    Abstract: A fastening system to attach a fixture to a monument installed in a passenger cabin including a wall portion of the monument having at least one first fastening element; and a frame having at least one second fastening element and which is configured to cover the fixture, at least in part, in a fastened state. The first and second fastening elements are configured to engage with one another and be movable relative to one another in a pre-assembled state, and to fix one another in the fastened state. The fastened state can be produced in that, in the pre-assembled state, the frame is moved relative to the wall portion in a fastening direction extending at least substantially parallel to a main extension plane of the wall portion. A method for attaching a fixture to a monument provided for installation in a passenger cabin via a fastening system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Henning Joest
  • Patent number: 12330766
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage door with an internal and external panel, and an aircraft fuselage part with the door. The door includes a movable internal panel to be subjected to pressurization and an aerodynamic external panel, the external panel being on an external face of the internal panel by covering the surface of the external face and elastically linked to the internal panel to form an internal free space between them, the internal panel being movable relative to the external panel. The external panel includes a centering piece to ensure a self-centering function of the door allowing the internal panel to move independently with regard to the external panel when the door is in a closed position so a clearance between the periphery of the outer panel and the fuselage can be reduced, thereby reducing drag at the outer surface of the door and improving the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Patrick Lieven
  • Patent number: 12320317
    Abstract: A measurement bar includes a sheath, a leading edge having a plurality of cavities, a steady pressure sensor generating first data and an unsteady pressure sensor generating second data in each of the cavities, an electronic circuit including the steady pressure sensor and the unsteady pressure sensor of each of the cavities, a processing unit configured to merge the first data and the second data, and a second communication module configured to transmit the first data, the second data and the merged first data and second data to a user device. Thus, it is possible to monitor unsteady aerodynamic phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Dupe, Nicolas Jean, Maxime Keller, Cyrille Dajean
  • Publication number: 20250173475
    Abstract: A simulation method of simulating correction parameters for aligning a first mating surface of a first section and a second mating surface of a second section of an apparatus or an aircraft airframe, with respect to each other, including obtaining design coordinates of a simulation set of measurement points on the first and second sections, measuring concrete coordinates of some of the measurement points when the first and second mating surfaces are arranged to face each other within a predefined distance range from each other, comparing the design coordinates to the concrete coordinates, and deriving at least one correction parameter from the comparison. An assembly method for assembling a first section and a second section of an apparatus, a corresponding assembly program, a computer-readable data carrier, a computing device and a respective assembly arrangement for assembling a first section and a second section of an apparatus are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Björn Galas
  • Patent number: 12315966
    Abstract: A bipolar plate for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell includes a laminate of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) with a first outer ply. The CFRP includes a resin and carbon fibers. The first outer ply is arranged at a first lateral surface of the laminate, wherein the laminate includes a first plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The first outer ply includes a first groove, wherein the first groove is configured to define a first gas diffusion channel. At least some of the first plurality of CNTs extend through the first outer ply in a direction transversely to the first lateral surface of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Blanka Lenczowski, Tamara Blanco Varela, Peter Linde
  • Patent number: 12296975
    Abstract: A propulsive assembly comprising a nacelle delimiting an internal volume, a T-shaped frame comprising a first wall fixed to the wing and a second wall that is vertical and that divides the internal volume into two sub-volumes, a dihydrogen consumer device, for each sub-volume, a dihydrogen processing system, a supply line connected between the processing system and the consumer device, and an input line connected between the processing system and a dihydrogen tank. Also an aircraft with a wing and such a propulsive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Christophe Labarthe, Kotaro Fukasaku
  • Patent number: 12296955
    Abstract: A wing assembly (5) including: a fixed wing portion (7), a first high-lift device (9), a first connecting assembly (19) which allows the first high-lift device (9) to move between a retracted position and an extended position, a second high-lift device (11), a second connecting assembly (21) which allows the second high-lift device (11) to move between a retracted position and an extended position, a drive unit (23) attached to the fixed wing portion (7), and a drive assembly (25) having a first portion (27) is attached to the drive unit (23) and a second portion (29) attached to the second high-lift device (11), wherein the drive unit (23) moves the second high-lift device (11) via the drive assembly (25) between the retracted position and the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 12296208
    Abstract: An extinguishing device for an electrical unit on an aircraft cabin monument or in an aircraft structure cavity, a combination of a holder and an extinguishing device and systems formed by extinguishing devices and a control unit and by combinations of an extinguishing device and a holder and a control unit. The extinguishing device has a base element for a holder. An extinguishing agent container has a casing and holds an extinguishing agent. A triggering device is connected to the extinguishing agent container to act in response to receiving a triggering signal wherein an extinguishing agent is released into the extinguishing device surrounding area. A data transmission device has a data store with an identifier unique to the extinguishing device and connected to the triggering device, the data transmission device for sending a warning signal via a network to a control unit in response to the triggering device receiving the triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Yener Palit, Klaus-Udo Freitag
  • Patent number: 12296956
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aerodynamic structure including a first panel having an aerodynamic face, as well as a second reinforced panel. The method includes a step of stamping the second panel to obtain at least one raised shape which is recessed on the second face, and a step of joining the first and second panels by pressing them against each other outside the at least one raised shape. An aerodynamic shape is obtained using this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Brice Albert, Benjamin Trarieux, Harleen Kaur, Stéphane Daure
  • Patent number: 12292262
    Abstract: A method for securing a geographical area encompassing a route. A map of the area is obtained. A weapon is associated with a firing modeling consisting of a probability model of hitting its target when shooting, as a function of the firing distance. Positions of potential shelters of threats on the map are determined by using a trained artificial intelligence device. The modeling is applied for each weapon and potential shelter while relating the shots to the route and summing all the probabilities of hitting its target on each portion of the route. The potential shelters most likely to constitute attack threats along the route are determined. A path is defined in order to address these potential shelters most likely to constitute attack threats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Nicolas Launay
  • Patent number: 12292015
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle equipped with a thrust reversal device which comprises: at least one deflection system configured to deflect an air stream channeled in the nacelle toward a lateral opening of the nacelle, in the activated state; at least one orientation system having: at least one transverse deflector configured to orient the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle, at least one downstream deflector positioned at the downstream edge of the lateral opening and configured to deflect the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Chelin, Christophe Bourdeau, Olivier Scholz
  • Patent number: 12290912
    Abstract: A method for installing a screw in at least one through-orifice of a box-type structure, including inserting a body of a first tool into the through-orifice from an external region of the box-type structure, moving the body in an internal region of the box-type structure, towards an end of the box-type structure, securing the screw to the body, the first tool comprising a link connected to the body which remains accessible from the external region during the inserting, moving and securing steps, pulling on the link from the external region until the shank of the screw is positioned in the through-orifice, and separating the body from the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Brice Albert, Benjamin Trarieux, Stéphane Daure, Julien Bigot, Damien Battistella
  • Patent number: 12292349
    Abstract: A measuring rake, configured to be arranged on a link rod, includes a sheath including a front face and two side walls delimiting between them a recess configured to receive the link rod, an electronic circuit arranged on the front face of the sheath and including at least one sensor, a patched leading edge fixed removably to the sheath, and a seal arranged between the patched leading edge and the electronic circuit, the patched leading edge including a plurality of air intakes, each forming a fluidic passage between an outer face and an inner face of the patched leading edge opening out facing at least one sensor of the electronic circuit, the measuring rake making it possible to obtain a measuring tool which can be assembled simply and quickly, with easy access to the electronic circuit, and making it possible to avoid problems of orifice blockages or air leaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Dupe, Nicolas Jean, Cyrille Dajean, Christian Meloni
  • Patent number: 12292001
    Abstract: A propulsive assembly for an aircraft with an engine system with a core in a casing and having a combustion chamber and a turbine with blades, a supply line supplying dihydrogen, an injector manifold equipped with injectors which dip into the combustion chamber, and a distribution network with several bypass lines distributed around the casing, a rear manifold connected to the supply line and to the bypass lines and a front manifold connected to the bypass lines and to the injector manifold, in which the rear manifold is at the rear of the turbine and the front manifold is at the front of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Mogilka, Lionel Czapla, Alexis Pissavin