Patents by Inventor Bernard Guering

Bernard Guering 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).

  • Bracket for display devices for an aircraft cockpit
    Patent number: 9643731
    Abstract: An instrument panel and glare shield assembly for supporting displays in an aircraft cockpit includes a glare shield formed of a core of cellular structure and two skins covering opposite faces of the core, and the support for the displays is attached to the glare shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • AIRCRAFT RUDDER BAR SUSPENDED OVER FLIGHT DECK FLOOR
    Publication number: 20170113784
    Abstract: A suspended rudder bar for aircraft and aircraft having a suspended rudder bar, which includes a set of primary hinges, a set of secondary hinges including control and synchronization devices, and a set of linkages generating functional and structural links between the set of primary hinges and the set of secondary hinges, wherein the primary hinges are configured to be suspended at least on a structure supporting the instrument panel of the flight deck of the aircraft, and the secondary hinges configured to be suspended at least on a structural component of an area situated forward of the flight deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Bernard GUERING, Laurent SAINT-MARC
  • Aircraft cockpit, in particular the front portion of an aircraft cockpit
    Patent number: 9592771
    Abstract: An aircraft cockpit including a viewing device comprising a screen pivotably mounted on a mounting that allows height adjustment. A screen may also be placed at the top central portion of the instrument panel. The central screen is movable between an extended position and a retracted position in which the screen does not block the view of the pilots through the cockpit windscreen. A glare screen cowl, made at least partially of a taut fabric is used to cover the viewing screens, except optionally the mobile central screen which can pass through the cowl via an opening provided for that purpose. An avionics rack may be positioned forward of the screens of the instrument panel, in which the mounting is advantageously also used to support other devices such as a rudder control system and writing shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Alain Depeige
  • High-lift trailing edge flap system for an aircraft wing unit
    Patent number: 9545992
    Abstract: A high-lift trailing edge flap system for an aircraft wing unit is provided. In high-lift trailing edge flap system, the backward movement and the inclination of the trailing edge flap in the extended position are dissociated in order to allow for the incorporation of the actuating mechanism into the wing in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Front landing-gear well
    Patent number: 9505483
    Abstract: A forward part of an aircraft comprising a fuselage and a landing gear well housing a forward landing gear comprising a breaker strut designed to adopt an extended configuration when the landing gear is extended, configuration in which said breaker strut lies in a strut plane parallel to the transverse direction of the forward part. The forward part comprises a transverse beam resisting strut reactions located above the landing gear well and mounted on the fuselage at its two ends, the beam having a globally rectangular cross-section, in which the median plane parallel to the length of the rectangle is coincident with said strut plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Yves Durand
  • Landing gear for an aircraft
    Patent number: 9499259
    Abstract: A landing gear has a rigid structure and a gear compartment. A leg has a wheeled first end on a rolling shaft, and a second end secured on the rigid structure. The leg rotates between a rolling position, letting the aircraft rolls, and a landing gear storage position. A brace has a first end secured on the rigid structure. A guide bar has a first end pivotably secured on the leg, and a second end secured on the second end of the brace by a pivot shaft. A jack is secured between the brace by a pivot connection with a shaft parallel to the rolling shaft, and the guide bar, by a pivot connection with a shaft parallel to the rolling shaft. A locking system locks either a second end of the brace or the second end of the guide bar against the leg in the rolling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Access Device Provided With A Folding Door Enabling Secure Communication Between At Least Two Zones Of An Enclosure
    Publication number: 20160332718
    Abstract: An access device enables controlled or secure communication between different areas of an enclosure, and in the example illustrated in the present application of an aircraft, while providing reduced size. The access device includes a folding door which, when in folded position, allows at least one of said openings to be closed and, when in deployed position, forms a security vestibule with at least one movable shutter allowing said opening created by the deployment of said folding door to be closed. By superimposing the main components of the security vestibule that said components allow to close, the device frees up the adjoining cabin space when the security vestibule is not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Access Device Provided With Independent Mobile Walls Enabling Secure Communication Between At Least Two Zones Of An Enclosure
    Publication number: 20160332717
    Abstract: An access device enables controlled or secure communication between different areas of an enclosure and, in the example illustrated in the present application of an aircraft, while providing reduced size. The access device includes at least three mobile walls able to move, independently from one another, to form a closed cylinder, the walls thus being in a so-called security vestibule position, and to overlap at least in twos in order to close off access to one or more areas while concealing the security vestibule, the walls thus being in a so-called retracted position. By overlapping at the access level of said areas that the walls allow to close, the device frees up the adjoining cabin space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • AIRCRAFT HAVING A SIMPLIFIED GENERAL SECTION
    Publication number: 20160304186
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage which has a central part with a cross section of constant geometry which comprises a floor. The floor comprises two lateral portions which are fixed respectively to two opposite lateral edges of the fuselage and which enclose a central portion to which they are fixed. One of the lateral floor portions is fixed to the central portion so as to allow a relative lateral movement between the two portions in the event of a modification in pressure inside the fuselage. The cross section thus deforms homogeneously when the fuselage is pressurized and the floor is not involved in maintaining the shape of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • TOOLING ASSEMBLY FOR INTEGRATING A CENTRAL PART OF AN AIRCRAFT, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND AIRCRAFT THUS INTEGRATED
    Publication number: 20160304218
    Abstract: A tooling assembly for integrating a central part of the fuselage of an aircraft. The tooling assembly comprises a tooling train which comprises a succession of movable carriages arranged behind one another and which are able to carry one or more items of aircraft equipment to be integrated into the central part of the aircraft. Such a tooling train, which extends over at least a length of the central part of the fuselage, makes it possible to integrate, at the same time, items of aircraft equipment produced in the form of elongate modules, thus reducing the time for integrating the items of aircraft equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • AIRCRAFT HAVING IMPROVED UNDER-CABIN SPACE ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20160304185
    Abstract: A cabin space dedicated to passengers and, beneath said cabin space, an under-cabin space which extends along the longitudinal axis of said aircraft. The under-cabin space comprises, distributed along two lines parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, two sets of systems which are able to carry out functions necessary for the operation of the aircraft. The two lines of sets of systems are disposed respectively in two lateral zones of the under-cabin space which are spaced apart transversely from one another and enclose a free central zone which extends along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. This arrangement thus eliminates any technical zone from the under-cabin space, thereby facilitating the internal layout and maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Frederic Vinches, Bernard Guering
  • Toilet area for an aircraft cabin, in particular for a flying wing aircraft
    Patent number: 9469401
    Abstract: A toilet area for an aircraft cabin comprising an access door and housing a toilet bowl. The toilet area also comprises an evacuation exit, the access door occupying a closed position in the toilet area in a toilet configuration and a folded position in the toilet area in an evacuation configuration. Usage in particular in a flying wing aircraft is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
  • Automated storage cabinet for trolleys, and aircraft incorporating such a cabinet
    Patent number: 9463926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated storage cabinet for trolleys. It includes a device for automatically handling a single trolley with a handling basket including a vertical plate perpendicular to the waiting area, vertically movable between the floor of the waiting area and any one of the levels of the trolley storage cabinet, and two side flanks, connected to the vertical plate and provided with structure for supporting, on either side, two opposite sides of a trolley in the waiting area and for transferring the supported trolley through an opening of the predetermined compartment. The handling device can include structure for inserting the trolley into or extracting the trolley from the predetermined compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Method for automated and orderly processing of luggage in an aircraft
    Patent number: 9452835
    Abstract: A method for automated processing of luggage in an aircraft is provided. The hold of the aircraft includes a device for automated processing of the luggage. The method includes the device for automated processing operating in an autonomous manner to load the luggage into the hold of the aircraft, with each item of luggage being packaged to this end in a packaging wrapper comprising visual markers. The method includes the device for automated processing viewing these visual markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
  • Heat exchanger incorporated into a wall of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9446850
    Abstract: An aircraft includes at least one wall delimiting a first zone (I) of the aircraft which is thermally insulated from the outside of the aircraft and a second zone (E) contained within the aircraft which is not thermally insulated with respect to the outside of the aircraft and a heat exchanger inside which a heat transfer fluid circulates, wherein the wall includes at least one duct inside which the heat transfer fluid circulates so as to act as a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Yves Durand
  • Aircraft cockpit with emergency exit via a central pane
    Patent number: 9434478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft cockpit with a double flight deck in which a central pane of a windscreen can be removed in order to at least partially clear an opening in order to constitute an emergency exit and ensure natural ventilation of the cockpit. Moreover, a central portion of a glare shield and of a flight station instrument panel are optionally moveable in order to facilitate access to the opening in the event of the need for emergency evacuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
  • Seating device comprising a forward-foldable backrest
    Patent number: 9399517
    Abstract: A seating device with reduced bulk, for example for an aircraft. This seating device comprises a backrest which describes a circular translational movement towards the front and upwards of the device when the seating device is brought to the retracted configuration. A seating structure is provided comprising a bearing piece on which are fixed, side by side, a plurality of seating devices with reduced bulk. An aircraft is provided comprising a seating device with reduced bulk mounted in its cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Aircraft nose structure and corresponding aircraft
    Patent number: 9387919
    Abstract: An aircraft nose structure comprising frames (2, 4, 6), a lower windshield frame member (12) and an upper windshield frame member (14) which are adapted to receive a windshield. The lower windshield frame member (12) has an arcuate shape with two branches which are connected together by a tie-rod (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Avionics cargo hold module having an upper integrated floor
    Patent number: 9359084
    Abstract: An integral avionics bay module. The module has a structure that has an integral cabin floor on top that closes the structure. Installing such an integral avionics bay structure in a single operation inside a primary fuselage structure considerably reduces the integration time on the final assembly line for the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
  • Electrical and electronics bay of an aircraft with an improved architecture and aircraft incorporating said bay
    Patent number: 9351412
    Abstract: An electrical and electronics bay of an aircraft has at least two rows of systems elements, each row being separated by a single corridor extending an entire longitudinal length of the electrical and electronics bay and being devoid of the systems elements. Each row has at least one set of systems elements and at least one electrical power center, wherein the systems elements are arranged in cabinets. At least one of the cabinets includes at least one removable mobile shelf for allowing access from a front to the back of the cabinets. Bottom edges of back faces of the cabinet are arranged against the fuselage to remove an additional corridor at the back of the cabinet, and front faces of the cabinet are directly accessible from the single corridor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering