Patents by Inventor Christian Lübbering

Christian Lübbering 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: 10137974
    Abstract: A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft or spacecraft, having an outer housing side and a fastening rail for fastening connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin, wherein the fastening rail has a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and wherein the fastening rail is integrated in the outer housing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tim von Ahlen, Daniel Hiebing, Ansgar Josef Fennen, Falk Bajorat, Christian Lübbering
  • Patent number: 10137989
    Abstract: A construction kit for a housing structure of a monument for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft includes a plurality of integrally formed sandwich panels which each have two cover panels, which surround a core, and are formed with panel connecting structures which are each formed as a plug region or as a mating plug region. The mating plug region is formed so as to be complementary to the plug region in such a way that a plug region of a sandwich panel can be plugged into the mating plug region of another sandwich panel to connect the sandwich panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Von Ahlen, Daniel Hiebing, Ansgar Josef Fennen, Falk Bajorat, Christian Lübbering
  • Publication number: 20160304206
    Abstract: A construction kit for a housing structure of a monument for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft includes a plurality of integrally formed sandwich panels which each have two cover panels, which surround a core, and are formed with panel connecting structures which are each formed as a plug region or as a mating plug region. The mating plug region is formed so as to be complementary to the plug region in such a way that a plug region of a sandwich panel can be plugged into the mating plug region of another sandwich panel to connect the sandwich panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Von Ahlen, Daniel Hiebing, Ansgar Josef Fennen, Falk Bajorat, Christian Lübbering
  • Publication number: 20160304183
    Abstract: A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft or spacecraft, having an outer housing side and a fastening rail for fastening connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin, wherein the fastening rail has a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and wherein the fastening rail is integrated in the outer housing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tim von AHLEN, Daniel HIEBING, Ansgar Josef FENNEN, Falk BAJORAT, Christian LÜBBERING
  • Patent number: 9393746
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a dry textile preform for a large surface area fiber-reinforced composite component, in which resin-free textile material layers for purposes of manufacturing the preform are tensioned in each case in a tensioning frame, and in the stretched state are laid down on a moulding body by means of a linear relative movement between the tensioning frame and the moulding body. Also disclosed is a device for the execution of a method of this type with a tensioning frame for purposes of tensioning the material layers, and with a clamping unit for purposes of fixing the laid-down material layers on a moulding body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Luebbering, Hauke Lengsfeld
  • Patent number: 9044905
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a profiled semifinished fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) product from a semifinished product of dry fiber or prepreg material that is moved through a forming device in its longitudinal direction (L), where the semifinished product is moved between the facing forming contours of tool parts in the longitudinal direction of a forming device on a carrier foil and the forming contours of the cross sections of the tool parts continuously change from a cross-sectional contour in the entry region to a forming contour in the outlet region, where a supporting part in the intake region of the forming device is set in vibration in such a way that the semifinished product is transformed into a ductile state due to the frictional heat generated between the supporting part and the semifinished product, and where the speed of the movement of the semifinished product is controlled in dependence on the temperature of the semifinished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hauke Lengsfeld, Christian Lübbering
  • Patent number: 8545659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method as well as a tool (1, 48) for producing a T-stringer, in particular in the aircraft and spacecraft sector. The method is characterized by two lay-up strips (3, 4) being arranged on top of one another, wherein areas (5, 6) of the lay-up strips (3, 4) corresponding to the stringer foot (60) that is to be formed, are spaced apart from one another by means of separation films (7, 8) and areas (14, 15) of the lay-up strips (5, 6) corresponding to a stringer web (61) come into direct contact with one another, in particular, forming a material bond. In a further method step, the lay-up strips (3, 4) are clamped at the areas (14, 15) corresponding to the stringer web (61) that is to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hauke Lengsfeld, Christian Luebbering
  • Publication number: 20130175723
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a dry textile preform for a large surface area fibre-reinforced composite component, in which resin-free textile material layers for purposes of manufacturing the preform are tensioned in each case in a tensioning frame, and in the stretched state are laid down on a moulding body by means of a linear relative movement between the tensioning frame and the moulding body. Also disclosed is a device for the execution of a method of this type with a tensioning frame for purposes of tensioning the material layers, and with a clamping unit for purposes of fixing the laid-down material layers on a moulding body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Luebbering, Hauke Lengsfeld
  • Publication number: 20120152461
    Abstract: In a method for reinforcing a fibre composite component for aviation and space flight, a vacuum mat is configured with at least one receiving portion for reproducibly receiving at least one reinforcing element. The at least one reinforcing element is introduced into the at least one receiving portion of the vacuum mat. The vacuum mat with at least one introduced reinforcing element is applied reproducibly in a sealed manner to the fibre composite component to be reinforced to form a mould portion and at least the formed mould portion is cured to connect the at least one reinforcing element to the fibre composite component. The vacuum mat is then removed from the reinforced fibre composite component so that the vacuum mat can be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Luebbering, Hauke Lengsfeld, Roland Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 8137499
    Abstract: In a method for reinforcing a fiber composite component for aviation and space flight, a vacuum mat is configured with at least one receiving portion for reproducibly receiving at least one reinforcing element. The at least one reinforcing element is introduced into the at least one receiving portion of the vacuum mat. The vacuum mat with at least one introduced reinforcing element is applied reproducibly in a sealed manner to the fiber composite component to be reinforced to form a mold portion and at least the formed mold portion is cured to connect the at least one reinforcing element to the fiber composite component. The vacuum mat is then removed from the reinforced fiber composite component so that the vacuum mat can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Luebbering, Hauke Lengsfeld, Roland Brandenburg
  • Publication number: 20110121479
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a profiled semifinished fiber composite (FC) product from a semifinished product (2) that is made of dry fiber or prepreg material and is moved through a shaping device (1) in the longitudinal direction (L) of the semifinished product (2). The semi-finished product (2) is moved through the shaping device (1) on a support film in the longitudinal direction (L) of the shaping device (1), between the facing shaping contours of tool parts (11a, 12a). The shaping contours of the cross-sections of the tool parts (11a, 12a) continuously change from a cross-sectional contour in the feeding zone to a shaping contour in the discharge zone. Furthermore, the support piece in the drawing-in zone of the shaping device (2) is made to oscillate such that the semifinished product is transformed into a shapeable state as a result of the frictional heat generated between the support piece and the semifinished product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hauke Lengsfeld, Christian Luebbering
  • Publication number: 20100314042
    Abstract: In a method for reinforcing a fibre composite component for aviation and space flight, a vacuum mat is configured with at least one receiving portion for reproducibly receiving at least one reinforcing element. The at least one reinforcing element is introduced into the at least one receiving portion of the vacuum mat. The vacuum mat with at least one introduced reinforcing element is applied reproducibly in a sealed manner to the fibre composite component to be reinforced to form a mould portion and at least the formed mould portion is cured to connect the at least one reinforcing element to the fibre composite component. The vacuum mat is then removed from the reinforced fibre composite component so that the vacuum mat can be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Luebbering, Hauke Lengsfeld, Roland Brandenburg
  • Publication number: 20100200156
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method as well as a tool (1, 48) for producing a T-stringer, in particular in the aircraft and spacecraft sector. The method is characterized by two lay-up strips (3, 4) being arranged on top of one another, wherein areas (5, 6) of the lay-up strips (3, 4) corresponding to the stringer foot (60) that is to be formed, are spaced apart from one another by means of separation films (7, 8) and areas (14, 15) of the lay-up strips (5, 6) corresponding to a stringer web (61) come into direct contact with one another, in particular, forming a material bond. In a further method step, the lay-up strips (3, 4) are clamped at the areas (14, 15) corresponding to the stringer web (61) that is to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hauke Lengsfeld, Christian Luebbering