Patents Assigned to Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Publication number: 20140034650
    Abstract: Aircraft cooking device comprising a cooking vessel and a lid which can be firmly connected to the cooking vessel, wherein the aircraft cooking device is fixable on an aircraft cooking station, and wherein the lid comprises at least one movable member, through the movement of which at least one opening to the interior of the cooking vessel is exposable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: OLIVER THOMASCHEWSKI, CEDRIC DUSSEX, DOMINIK HENZE, ARNE BOCKHOP
  • Patent number: 8636867
    Abstract: A method for producing an escape route marking and the apparatus for an airplane comprising a luminous layer that luminesces in the dark, and a profile having two profile elements that can be connected to each other, wherein in a first of the profile elements, the luminous layer is arranged in a recess extending in the longitudinal direction, and the second profile element is provided to be connected with a base, wherein the procedure comprises the following steps: production of the luminous layer from a mixture of a silicone material and from photoluminescent pigments, and introduction of the mixture in a liquid state into the recess of the first profile element, wherein the mixture cures in the seat by crosslinking with the walls in the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sutter
  • Patent number: 8576409
    Abstract: A method for measuring the internal space of an elongate body. The elongate body has in a global xyz-coordinate system a longitudinal axis x. A laser profile scan is carried out, in which a laser scanner, which carries out scans in a plane, is moved through the internal space of the elongate body. The scan plane is tilted about the y-axis by a tilt angle ? or about the z-axis by a tilt angle ?. Preferably, the scan plane is tilted about the y-axis and the z-axis corresponding to the global coordinate system of the internal space. An apparatus for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Oliver Sascha Thomaschewski
  • Patent number: 8544950
    Abstract: A seat having a seat surface and a backrest also includes a reboard seat frame which is pivotably mounted in the lower region of the backrest and/or in the connecting/transition region of backrest and seat surface. At least one part of the cushion of the backrest is connected to the reboard seat frame and can pivot with this reboard seat frame. The reboard seat frame in a stowed position is arranged essentially parallel to the backrest and can pivot from the stowed position into a reboard in-use position in which it occupies an angular position between the planes of the backrest and of the seat surface. In the reboard in-use position, the part of the cushion of the backrest which is connected to the reboard seat frame forms the seat surface of a reboard child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Harald Merensky
  • Publication number: 20130205554
    Abstract: Method for repairing a gas turbine component, which at least at the spot to be repaired consists of a ceramic composite material, where an energy beam locally heats the gas turbine component in a zone, and where one or more auxiliary materials and optionally fibers and/or particles are fed to this zone, wherein a ceramic is generated in the melting zone through the one or more auxiliary materials, and, optionally, the one or more auxiliary materials together with the fibers and/or particles forms a ceramic composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Stefan Czerner
  • Patent number: 8488556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for speech and/or data communication between a mobile telephone on board an aircraft and terminals in communication networks outside the aircraft. The invention allows communication with third parties on the ground during a flight, with calls handled in a manner that is largely or completely automatic for the user of the mobile telephone, such that the user can use his mobile telephone just as well as if he were in the area of his home network on the ground. The communication is handled directly via the satellite communication path between the aircraft and the ground, bypassing the mobile radio operator with whom the user of the mobile telephone has completed a contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Publication number: 20130161297
    Abstract: A device for recontouring a gas turbine blade includes at least one support configured to rest on an edge of the gas turbine blade during the recontouring, at least one side bearing configured to rest on an intake side or an outlet side of the gas turbine blade during the recontouring and a machining unit for machining the gas turbine blade. The machining unit is configured to fuse at least one partial area of the edge of the gas turbine blade using a beam of energy that is targeted such that material of the blade solidifies into a new contour, substantially without the addition of supplementary material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Patent number: 8425064
    Abstract: Escape path marking for an aircraft having a plurality of photoluminescent elements glow in the dark and of which each has a carrier element that is provided for attaching to a subsurface, characterized in that the carrier element has connecting edges on one or both end sides, the edges having an arc-shaped progression or having at least two sections not extending perpendicular to an orientation axis of the carrier element disposed perpendicularly on a cross section in the region of the connecting edge, the orientation axes of two carrier elements disposed successively enclosing an angle with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sutter
  • Patent number: 8393744
    Abstract: An escape route marking for a passenger cabin in an airplane, with a plurality of longitudinal segments which are sequentially arranged along the escape route that is to be marked, wherein each segment has a support module and a light module that is arranged on the support module, and the light module has an essentially transparent plastic material into which photo-luminescent pigments are mixed which afterglow in the dark, wherein the pigments are micro-encapsulated in a second material such that liquid and moisture do not come into contact with the pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Hans-Christian Lierow
  • Patent number: 8376457
    Abstract: An aircraft includes interchangeable, wirelessly controllable electrical or electronic functional units provided for use by passengers and associated with a seat or group of seats. The aircraft further includes installation sites for the functional units, each installation site being associated with one seat or a group of seats. The functional units are removable such that they can be installed and uninstalled in the installation sites or replaced during maintenance work without forfeiting the operational approval of the aircraft. Each functional unit includes an RFID reader operating in a contactless manner to identify the installation site of the functional unit and a device for the wireless transmission of the identified installation site to a database of the aircraft. An RFID tag is associated with each installation site and contains information readable by the RFID reader to identify the associated seat or group of seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Patent number: 8375781
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is an arrangement for determining the pressure in an undercarriage tire of an aircraft, which arrangement has a measurement matrix (1) with a plurality of load sensors which are arranged in an area over which the aircraft tire can roll. The invention provides that the arrangement is designed to measure the pressure difference between two or more undercarriage tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Manfred Paul, Stefan Schoellmann
  • Publication number: 20120297600
    Abstract: A method for detecting cracks in an aircraft or gas turbine component includes ascertaining geometric data about the component using an optical measurement method, analyzing the geometric data, using an electronic evaluation device, so as to automatically recognize and/or classify at least one of cracks and other damage and storing a position of the at least one of cracks and other damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Thiemo Ullrich, Michael Ernst
  • Patent number: 8285309
    Abstract: A system for wirelessly transmitting information to a mobile appliance of a user of a means of transport. The system can include a first database containing journey-related information and a second database containing a profile for the user. The system can further include a first device configured to identify the mobile appliance of the user when the mobile appliance enters a range of a wireless local area network in the means of transport, a second device configured to select information from the first database based on the profile stored in the second database, and a third device configured to transmit the selected information to the mobile appliance of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Patent number: 8216392
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a device for cleaning the core engine of a jet engine, having a supply unit, which provides the cleaning medium, a nozzle unit, which is configured for feeding the cleaning medium into the core engine, and a line connection (10) between the supply unit and the nozzle unit. The invention provides that the nozzle unit has a means for the rotationally fixed connection to the fan shaft of the jet engine, and that a rotary coupling (5) is provided between the nozzle unit and the line connection (10). The object of the invention is further an arrangement of such a device and a turbo fan jet engine, and a method for cleaning the core engine of a jet engine using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Giljohann, Daniel Göbel, Michael Mensch
  • Patent number: 8171862
    Abstract: A table for attaching to the wall of an aircraft. The table has a table top comprising at least two table top segments which are moveable relative to each other. At least one table top segment has a screen on one side. Two table top segments are pivotable or rotatable in relation to each other about at least two axes. The first axis runs parallel to an edge of a table top segment. The second axis runs substantially perpendicularly to the first axis in the plane of a table top segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Publication number: 20120091607
    Abstract: Escape route marking for an aircraft comprising photoluminescent pigments in a carrier material, which luminesce in the dark, the carrier material comprising silicone and the photoluminescent pigments having a mean particle size of less than 150 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sutter
  • Patent number: 8150391
    Abstract: A system for connecting a cellular phone located in a mobile vehicle such as an aircraft, land vehicle, water craft or space craft to a stationary mobile telephone network includes a mobile radio base station on board the mobile vehicle that converts mobile radio data into IP data and transmits the IP data via an IP connection to a ground station where the IP data are converted back into mobile radio data and provided to a stationary mobile radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Henry Starke, Andrew Muirhead
  • Publication number: 20120047735
    Abstract: A method for recontouring a blade of a gas turbine includes systematically melting a portion of a leading edge of the blade using an energy beam so as to form a new contour of hardened material substantially without incorporating additional material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Stefan Czerner
  • Patent number: 8109807
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a jet engine includes a supply device configured to make cleaning medium available, a nozzle device configured to introduce the cleaning medium into the jet engine, and a line connection between the supply device and the nozzle device. The cleaning medium can be solid carbon dioxide. A system including a jet engine and the apparatus. A method for cleaning a jet engine using solid carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Giljohann, Manfred Paul
  • Publication number: 20120025571
    Abstract: A seat for a transport vehicle includes a seat surface, an armrest, and a child armrest. The child armrest is configured to adopt an adult position and a child position. In the adult position the child armrest is arranged in a stowed position in which the child armrest is incorporated in a contour of the armrest. In the child position the child armrest is arranged in a use position in which the child armrest has a reduced spacing from the seat surface in the vertical direction and a reduced spacing from an opposing armrest in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Harald Merensky