Patents by Inventor Arthur Tillich

Arthur Tillich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Structural element, method for producing such a structural element, and aircraft having such a structural element
    Patent number: 8042770
    Abstract: A multilayer structural element, such as a skin panel for an aircraft fuselage, comprises a plurality of metal webs and a plurality of fiber webs arranged as layers in a sandwich structure, where the metal webs of neighbouring layers form stepped connecting regions. A material strip is provided on an outer surface of the sandwich structure for at least partially covering an outlying connecting region, and the material strip enables the placement of rivets at uniform spacing for fastening a structure to the structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Martin, Arthur Tillich, Frederik Pellenkoft
  • Structural element, method for producing such a structural element, and aircraft having such a structural element
    Publication number: 20080006741
    Abstract: A multilayer structural element is disclosed, in particular a skin panel for an aircraft fuselage, having a multiplicity of metal webs and fiber webs which are arranged in a number of layers, neighbouring metal webs of a layer respectively forming a stepped connecting region, and a material strip being provided for at least partially covering an outlying connecting region in a circumferential direction of the structural element on an outer surface averted from the inner surface of the structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Martin, Arthur Tillich, Frederik Pellenkoft