Patents by Inventor Benedikt BAMMER

Benedikt BAMMER 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).

  • Patent number: 11952134
    Abstract: An electric propulsion unit of an aircraft including a nacelle housing an electric power system, an electric motor and a cooling system for the electric power system; the nacelle including a central fairing, a front fairing which extends from the central fairing to a front end and a rear fairing which extends from the central fairing to a rear end. The front fairing includes a protrude positioned in a lower part of the front fairing, the protrude having a front face in a transverse plane, a main air inlet of the cooling system being positioned on the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Jorge Carretero Benignos, Benedikt Bammer, Olivier Verseux, Maria Del Sagrario Juanas Fernandez, Jorge Molano Rembiasz, Thomas Scherer, Alexander Solntsev
  • Patent number: 11866185
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a system for producing electricity that supplies electricity to at least one electric motor to which is mechanically coupled a propeller situated near a first longitudinal end of a nacelle that houses at least the system for producing electricity and the at least one electric motor. An air circulation channel, which receives a heat exchanger provided to allow the system for producing electricity to be cooled, extends inside the nacelle from a first end of the air circulation channel situated at the first longitudinal end of the nacelle. A part of the air circulation channel that is contiguous with its first end is delimited by an outer surface of cylindrical shape that surrounds the longitudinal axis of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Labarthe, Franck Alvarez, Fabien Latourelle, Olivier Verseux, Pascal Pome, Jean Francois Allias, Olivier Ciet, Olivier Raspati, Anthony Roux, Benedikt Bammer
  • Patent number: 11840962
    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage, a wing structure, at least one turbomachine running on hydrogen and generating thrust at a propulsion unit distant from the fuselage, at least one fuel tank positioned in the fuselage and configured to store hydrogen in the cryogenic state, at least one hydrogen supply device connecting the fuel tank and the turbomachine and including at least one pump positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the fuel tank, at least one hydrogen heating system positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the pump. This solution makes it possible to reduce a length of the complex double-walled pipes configured for carrying the hydrogen in the cryogenic state between the fuel tank and the hydrogen heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Antoine Abele, Benjamin Thubert, Alexis Pissavin, Abhishek Verma, Alistair Forbes, Jorge A. Carretero Benignos, Benedikt Bammer
  • Publication number: 20230045036
    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage, a wing structure, at least one turbomachine running on hydrogen and generating thrust at a propulsion unit distant from the fuselage, at least one fuel tank positioned in the fuselage and configured to store hydrogen in the cryogenic state, at least one hydrogen supply device connecting the fuel tank and the turbomachine and including at least one pump positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the fuel tank, at least one hydrogen heating system positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the pump. This solution makes it possible to reduce a length of the complex double-walled pipes configured for carrying the hydrogen in the cryogenic state between the fuel tank and the hydrogen heating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Antoine ABELE, Benjamin THUBERT, Alexis PISSAVIN, Abhishek VERMA, Alistair FORBES, Jorge A. CARRETERO BENIGNOS, Benedikt BAMMER
  • Patent number: 11572191
    Abstract: A propeller-type propulsion system for aircraft comprising a propeller, a plurality of electric motors and a gearbox. The gearbox has an output shaft onto which the propeller is mechanically coupled, and has an input shaft onto which the plurality of electric motors is mechanically coupled, the input shaft being off-center with respect to the output shaft. All of the electric motors are mechanically coupled one after the other along the input shaft such that the electric motors are at least partially integrated into a space, on the opposite side of the gearbox from the propeller, that is left free owing to the input shaft and the output shaft being off-center with respect to one another. As a result, the diameter of the propulsion system, in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, is reduced. This improves the aerodynamics and the fuel consumption of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Jean-François Allias, Franck Alvarez, Pascal Pome, Nicolas Jolivet, Rémi Amargier, Salvatore Demelas, Norberto Simionato Neto, Benedikt Bammer, Damien Mariotto
  • Publication number: 20230021085
    Abstract: A propeller-type propulsion system for aircraft, comprises a propeller, a plurality of electric motors comprising nested coaxial respective driveshafts, and a gearbox having an output shaft onto which the propeller is mechanically coupled, and an input shaft to which the coaxial driveshafts of the electric motors are mechanically coupled. As a result, the diameter of the propulsion system, in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, is reduced. This improves the aerodynamics and the fuel consumption of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-François ALLIAS, Franck ALVAREZ, Pascal POME, Nicolas JOLIVET, Rémi AMARGIER, Salvatore DEMELAS, Norberto SIMIONATO NETO, Benedikt BAMMER, Damien MARIOTTO
  • Publication number: 20230017954
    Abstract: A propeller-type propulsion system for aircraft comprising a propeller, a plurality of electric motors and a gearbox. The gearbox has an output shaft onto which the propeller is mechanically coupled, and has an input shaft onto which the plurality of electric motors is mechanically coupled, the input shaft being off-center with respect to the output shaft. All of the electric motors are mechanically coupled one after the other along the input shaft such that the electric motors are at least partially integrated into a space, on the opposite side of the gearbox from the propeller, that is left free owing to the input shaft and the output shaft being off-center with respect to one another. As a result, the diameter of the propulsion system, in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, is reduced. This improves the aerodynamics and the fuel consumption of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-François ALLIAS, Franck ALVAREZ, Pascal POME, Nicolas JOLIVET, Rémi AMARGIER, Salvatore DEMELAS, Norberto SIMIONATO NETO, Benedikt BAMMER, Damien MARIOTTO
  • Publication number: 20220355943
    Abstract: An electric propulsion unit of an aircraft including a nacelle housing an electric power system, an electric motor and a cooling system for the electric power system; the nacelle including a central fairing, a front fairing which extends from the central fairing to a front end and a rear fairing which extends from the central fairing to a rear end. The front fairing includes a protrude positioned in a lower part of the front fairing, the protrude having a front face in a transverse plane, a main air inlet of the cooling system being positioned on the front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jorge CARRETERO BENIGNOS, Benedikt BAMMER, Olivier VERSEUX, Maria Del Sagrario JUANAS FERNANDEZ, Jorge MOLANO REMBIASZ, Thomas SCHERER, Alexander SOLNTSEV
  • Publication number: 20220306306
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a system for producing electricity that supplies electricity to at least one electric motor to which is mechanically coupled a propeller situated near a first longitudinal end of a nacelle that houses at least the system for producing electricity and the at least one electric motor. An air circulation channel, which receives a heat exchanger provided to allow the system for producing electricity to be cooled, extends inside the nacelle from a first end of the air circulation channel situated at the first longitudinal end of the nacelle. A part of the air circulation channel that is contiguous with its first end is delimited by an outer surface of cylindrical shape that surrounds the longitudinal axis of the nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Christophe LABARTHE, Franck ALVAREZ, Fabien LATOURELLE, Olivier VERSEUX, Pascal POME, Jean Francois ALLIAS, Olivier CIET, Olivier RASPATI, Anthony ROUX, Benedikt BAMMER
  • Patent number: 11420761
    Abstract: An autonomous propeller propulsion system for an aircraft. The autonomous system comprises a chassis with first attachment systems which engage with second attachment systems of the wing to ensure detachable attachment of the autonomous system, a fuel cell attached to the chassis, an electric motor attached to the chassis and having an output shaft, a propshaft rotated by the output shaft, a propeller attached to the propshaft, a controller converting an electric current delivered by the fuel cells into an electric current delivered to the electric motor, a hydrogen feed duct and an air feed duct, a set of auxiliary equipment, and a first connection arrangement, which connects with a second connection arrangement of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthieu Thomas, Anthony Roux, Didier Poirier, Olivier Verseux, André Anger, Benedikt Bammer, Guido Klewer, Guillaume Gallant, Florian Vogel, Christian Wehle
  • Publication number: 20210078719
    Abstract: An autonomous propeller propulsion system for an aircraft. The autonomous system comprises a chassis with first attachment systems which engage with second attachment systems of the wing to ensure detachable attachment of the autonomous system, a fuel cell attached to the chassis, an electric motor attached to the chassis and having an output shaft, a propshaft rotated by the output shaft, a propeller attached to the propshaft, a controller converting an electric current delivered by the fuel cells into an electric current delivered to the electric motor, a hydrogen feed duct and an air feed duct, a set of auxiliary equipment, and a first connection arrangement, which connects with a second connection arrangement of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Matthieu THOMAS, Anthony ROUX, Didier POIRIER, Olivier VERSEUX, André ANGER, Benedikt BAMMER, Guido KLEWER, Guillaume GALLANT, Florian VOGEL, Christian WEHLE
  • Patent number: 10654568
    Abstract: A control system for controlling at least collective pitch of rotor blades, of a multi-blade rotor with a rotor shaft in a rotary-wing aircraft, the control system comprising a non-rotating sliding sleeve that is mountable to the rotor shaft such that the non-rotating sliding sleeve is axially displaceable coaxially to an associated rotor axis on the rotor shaft, at least one actuator arm that is pivotally mounted to the non-rotating sliding sleeve and adapted for axially displacing the non-rotating sliding sleeve that is mounted to the rotor shaft upon activation, and at least one hinge support that is adapted for a hinged support of the at least one actuator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Bammer, Gerald Kuntze-Fechner
  • Patent number: 9950787
    Abstract: The invention is related to a control system for controlling collective and cyclic pitch of rotor blades of a multi-blade rotor 1a in a rotary-wing aircraft, the control system comprising a swash plate assembly with at least one non-rotating plate and at least one rotating plate that is mounted rotatably to the at least one non-rotating plate, the at least one rotating plate and the at least one non-rotating plate being mounted to a non-rotating sliding sleeve, wherein a spherical bearing is provided on the non-rotating sliding sleeve, wherein at least one non-rotating stop arm is provided for non-rotatably connecting the at least one non-rotating plate to the non-rotating sliding sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Benedikt Bammer
  • Publication number: 20180044008
    Abstract: A control system for controlling at least collective pitch of rotor blades, of a multi-blade rotor with a rotor shaft in a rotary-wing aircraft, the control system comprising a non-rotating sliding sleeve that is mountable to the rotor shaft such that the non-rotating sliding sleeve is axially displaceable coaxially to an associated rotor axis on the rotor shaft, at least one actuator arm that is pivotally mounted to the non-rotating sliding sleeve and adapted for axially displacing the non-rotating sliding sleeve that is mounted to the rotor shaft upon activation, and at least one hinge support that is adapted for a hinged support of the at least one actuator arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt BAMMER, Gerald KUNTZE-FECHNER
  • Publication number: 20160031557
    Abstract: The invention is related to a control system for controlling collective and cyclic pitch of rotor blades of a multi-blade rotor 1a in a rotary-wing aircraft, the control system comprising a swash plate assembly with at least one non-rotating plate and at least one rotating plate that is mounted rotatably to the at least one non-rotating plate, the at least one rotating plate and the at least one non-rotating plate being mounted to a non-rotating sliding sleeve, wherein a spherical bearing is provided on the non-rotating sliding sleeve, wherein at least one non-rotating stop arm is provided for non-rotatably connecting the at least one non-rotating plate to the non-rotating sliding sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Benedikt BAMMER