Patents Assigned to Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Publication number: 20150115101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor connection assembly for the mechanical connection of an aircraft seat to a floor structure of an aircraft, comprising at least three fastening points, wherein the floor connection assembly can be fastened on at least three fastening points with in each case one fastening element to the floor structure. The floor connection assembly comprises an adapter plate, wherein the mechanical connection between the adapter plate and the fastening elements is supported about at least one axis in a substantially torque-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Oliver Thomaschewski
  • Patent number: 8939507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backrest for a vehicle seat, wherein the backrest includes a plurality of backrest modules. The backrest modules comprise a central portion, and at least one backrest module is mechanically linked to one or two further backrest modules of similar type at the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Oliver Thomaschewski, Jacques Pierrejean
  • Patent number: 8931846
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Harald Merensky
  • Patent number: 8903601
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a line replaceable unit (LRU) (2) for an aircraft (1). According to the invention, the LRU has: a) a first main memory (7) which contains the software required for certification of the LRU (2), b) a second main memory (8), which is separate from the first main memory (7) and in which a user of the LRU can store individual software which does not adversely affect the certification basis of the LRU. The subject matter of the invention is, furthermore, an arrangement comprising an LRU according to the invention and a database (12) with appropriate individual software, as well as a corresponding method for operation of an LRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Patent number: 8852479
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sutter
  • Publication number: 20140291549
    Abstract: A testing method for an escape path marking which has an installation position and is illuminated by a light source located in a defined position relative to the installation position, in order to charge the escape path marking for achieving afterglow, the following steps: An excitation curve A (?) for the escape path marking is provided; the irradiance E (?) of the light source is recorded for the installation position of the escape path marking; a weighted irradiance B (?) is determined as a product of the irradiance and the excitation curve; a charging irradiance (BiL) is determined as an integral over the weighted irradiance across the wavelength; and a characteristic curve Kt1 (BiL) depending upon the charging time t1 specifies what afterglow time emerges for the escape path marking with the charging time t1 for the charging irradiance (BiL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventor: Torben Biehl
  • Publication number: 20140246300
    Abstract: Piece of furniture comprising an electronic switching element (1) for controlling a cabin function (10) for an airliner, wherein the piece of furniture has a structural layer (2) with a cover layer (3) arranged above the structural layer (2), wherein the electronic switching element is configured as a capacitive switching element and is arranged underneath the cover layer (3) inside and/or underneath the structural layer (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Gerko Wende, Andrew Muirhead
  • Publication number: 20140234632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wood substrate rendered flame-retardant. The invention provides that on the substrate there is a coating and/or impregnation system with a flame retardant selected from the group consisting of room-temperature-liquid organic halogen compounds and organic phosphorus compounds and organic boron compounds, and that there is also a layer of coating material applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Mathias Nolte, Monika Bauer, Sebastian Steffen, Bettina Gajetzki, Nina Schneider, Thomas Palm
  • Publication number: 20140159455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backrest for a vehicle seat, wherein the backrest includes a plurality of backrest modules. The backrest modules comprise a central portion, and at least one backrest module is mechanically linked to one or two further backrest modules of similar type at the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: OLIVER THOMASCHEWSKI, JACQUES PIERREJEAN
  • Publication number: 20140130352
    Abstract: Method for removing a front seal plate (11) from an aircraft engine (1), the method comprising at least the following steps: a) separating a part engine unit (5) from the aircraft engine (1), the part engine unit (5) comprising the core engine (6) and the low-pressure turbine (7) of the aircraft engine (1), b) removing a front seal plate nut (10) from the part engine unit (5), c) removing the front seal plate (11) from the part engine unit (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Markus Buldtmann, Alexander Hinz, Eugen Roppelt, Jens Fitter
  • Patent number: 8684790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for re-creation of an optimized contour of the leading edges of gas-turbine blades, in which a gas-turbine blade (2) is passed by one or more grinding machine or machines (71, 71?) with the aid of a computer-controlled robot (10). The desired contour is achieved by following a movement procedure which is stored in a data memory (21). The stored movement procedure is designed to convert a blade from a previously determined statistical mean wear state to a likewise previously determined or calculated design contour. The contact pressure of the gas-turbine blade on the grinding disk or disks (71, 71?) is measured and is taken into account in the movement procedure of the robot (10) such that the desired design contour is achieved irrespective of the initial contour and wear of the grinding disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG
    Inventors: Ulf Reinmoeller, Matthias Panten, Ernst Kerschbaumer
  • 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