Patents by Inventor Esteban Martino Gonzalez
Esteban Martino Gonzalez 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).
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Publication number: 20200347782Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system, including a turbojet and a heat exchanger system including a main heat exchanger, a hot air supply pipe and regulating valve, a high pressure pipe bleeding high pressure stage hot air through a first valve, an intermediate pressure pipe bleeding intermediate pressure stage hot air through a second valve, a pipe transferring hot air to an air management system, a main supply pipe supplying fan duct cold air including a main regulating valve, an evacuation pipe expelling air to the outside, a sub heat exchanger, wherein the supply pipe from the regulating valve goes through the sub heat exchanger, a sub supply pipe supplying cold air from the main supply pipe, a sub evacuation pipe expelling air to the fan duct, a temperature sensor measuring hot air temperature exiting the main heat exchanger, and a controller controlling the valves according to the measured temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
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Publication number: 20200291854Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system including a turbojet and a heat exchanger system including a main heat exchanger, a hot air supply pipe and a regulating valve, a first pipe bleeding high pressure stage hot air through a first valve, a second pipe bleeding intermediate pressure stage hot air through a second valve, a transfer pipe transferring the hot air to an air management system, a main supply pipe supplying cold fan duct air via a main regulating valve, an evacuation pipe expelling air to the outside, a sub heat exchanger, wherein the first pipe goes through the sub heat exchanger, a sub supply pipe supplying cold fan duct air and including a sub regulating valve, a sub evacuation pipe expelling air to the fan duct, a temperature sensor measuring a hot air temperature exiting the main heat exchanger, and a controller controlling the valves according to the measured temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
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Publication number: 20200291869Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system, including a turbojet and a heat exchanger system which includes a main heat exchanger, a hot air supply pipe, a transfer pipe transferring hot air to an air management system, a main supply pipe supplying cold air from the fan duct, an evacuation pipe expelling air to the outside, a sub heat exchanger with a high pressure pipe going therethrough, a sub supply pipe supplying cold air and including a sub regulating valve, a sub evacuation pipe expelling air, a temperature sensor, and a controller controlling the system according to the temperature measured The sub regulating valve comprises a door articulated between closed and open positions, a return spring constraining the door in the open position, and a realizing system, controlled by the controller, mobile between a blocking position and a realizing position in which the door is released to move to the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
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Patent number: 10773790Abstract: An impact resistant dorsal fin structure of an aircraft comprises an upper support and ballistic material layer, wherein the ballistic material layer is configured to be joined to an aircraft fuselage and the ballistic material layer is arranged in a sliding manner around a sliding surface of the upper support.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Edouard Menard, Esteban Martino González, Fernando Iniesta Lozano
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Patent number: 10730602Abstract: An internal shield inside the rear fuselage of an aircraft having a propulsion system formed by two engines mounted on each side of it. The internal shield is located in a suitable place inside the rear fuselage for covering the possible trajectories of fragments detached from one of the engines in a failure event that would impact critical elements of the opposite engine. The internal shield comprises an ensemble of fluid containers belonging to aircraft sub-systems, such as, particularly, the potable water and waste water sub-systems, with enough fluid for providing the energy absorption capability required for stopping the fragments. An aircraft having the internal shield is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.Inventors: Javier Toral Vazquez, Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Diego Folch Cortes, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Vasilis Votsios, Michel Fouinnetau, Sylvain Roumegas, Wolfgang Brochard
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Publication number: 20200191056Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system including a turbojet and heat exchanger system including a heat exchanger. A supply connection and evacuation connection are forward, and aft are a transfer connection and a scoop connection, a supply pipe connected to the supply connection, and which bleeds hot air from the compression stages. A transfer pipe connected to the transfer connection transfers hot air to an air management system. A scoop connected to a scoop connection bleeds cold air from a fan duct and an evacuation pipe, including an inlet connected to the evacuation connection and an outlet, which emerges on the outside, where hot air through the heat exchanger from the supply pipe to the transfer pipe passes along a first transfer direction and cold air passes through the heat exchanger from each scoop to the inlet along a second transfer direction parallel to the first transfer direction in the opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Bruno Medda, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Esteban Martino González, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Diego Barron Vega
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Publication number: 20200023934Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite rear section assembly having a continuous skin solution including obtaining a vertical tail plane tooling that has intermediate tooling for tooling intermediate preforms of a vertical tail plane (800), obtaining a fuselage barrel tooling (420a), (420b), (420c) and (420d) the fuselage barrel tooling having a cut-out (503a), (503b), (503c) and longitudinal cavities (501a), (501b), (501c) and (501d), attaching the vertical tail plane tooling to the fuselage barrel tooling by the cut-out of the fuselage barrel tooling, performing a composite skin lay-up (801) over the fuselage barrel tooling and the vertical tail plane tooling to obtain a continuous skin, curing the composite skin lay-up, the vertical tail plane tooling and the fuselage barrel tooling and demolding the tools to obtain the composite assembly with a continuous skin (1300), (1600).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Alberto ARANA HIDALGO, Melania SANCHEZ PEREZ, Carlos GARCIA NIETO, Jesus Javier VAZQUEZ CASTRO, Edouard MENARD, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO, Maria Almudena CANAS RIOS
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Publication number: 20190382096Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite assembly with a continuous skin for a rear end of an aircraft by obtaining an upper part of the rear end by composite tooling. The upper part comprises a multi-spar vertical tail plane. The spars of the vertical tail plane comprise widening roots that form an upper shell of the rear end and an upper skin. Furthermore, a lower part comprises a lower shell of the rear end including semi-complete frames and stringers and a lower skin. The upper and lower parts are assembled with a joining procedure. The upper and lower skins are joined to obtain the composite assembly with the continuous skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Alberto ARANA HIDALGO, Melania SANCHEZ PEREZ, Carlos GARCIA NIETO, Jesus Javier VAZQUEZ CASTRO, Edouard MENARD, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO, Maria Almudena CANAS RIOS
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Publication number: 20190382136Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aircraft rear section including a tail cone and a vertical tail plane, the method includes: providing pre-cured frames (1) each of which includes a section of the tail cone (2) and a section of the vertical tail plane (3); providing pre-cured stringers (4); placing the pre-cured stringers (4) each in respective positions within the pre-cured frames (1); placing a skin (5) around an external surface of the pre-cured frames (1); and curing the pre-cured frames (1), the pre-cured stringers (4), and the skin (5), forming the final aircraft rear section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Alberto ARANA HIDALGO, Melania SANCHEZ PEREZ, Carlos GARCIA NIETO, Jesus Javier VAZQUEZ CASTRO, Edouard MENARD, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO, Maria Almudena CANAS RIOS
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Publication number: 20190382137Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite assembly of an empennage and rear-fuselage having a continuous skin solution. The method obtains parts of the sub-structure. For each part, it is obtained a plurality of stringers performs and frames preforms by composite tooling. The frames are transferred to curing frames molds and a sub-structure skin is obtained. Furthermore, the method includes integrating the parts over an integration tool having cavities for locating the curing frames molds and the stringer performs. Furthermore, the method includes co-curing the integration tool in one shot on an autoclave, demolding the sub-structure skin sections and disassembling the curing frame molds to obtain the composite assembly of the rear section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Alberto ARANA HIDALGO, Melania SANCHEZ PEREZ, Carlos GARCIA NIETO, Jesus Javier VAZQUEZ CASTRO, Edouard MENARD, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO, Maria Almudena CANAS RIOS
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Patent number: 10414497Abstract: A lightweight shield for aircraft protection against threat of high energy impacts, which comprises, a structural layer that has a first side and a second side, the first side being intended for receiving the impact, and a ballistic material layer for absorbing high energy impacts, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the ballistic material layer is faced to the second side of structural layer and joined to the structural layer via a progressively detachable interface and, the second side of the ballistic material layer is a free surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.Inventors: Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso, Esteban Martino González, Carlos García Nieto, Edouard Menard, Enrique Guinaldo Fernández, Soledad Crespo Peña, Jesús Javier Vázquez Castro
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Publication number: 20190264610Abstract: An auxetic bi-stable structure that comprises an auxetic curved shell movable between a first and a second stable position, and a rigid element. At least part of the surface of the auxetic curved shell is joined to the rigid element such that the curved shell is movable with respect to the rigid element between the first and second stable positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Iker VELEZ DE MENDIZABAL ALONSO, Vasilis VOTSIOS, Guillermo NICOLAS GUTIERREZ, Diego SANCHEZ FRANCO, David MATESANZ HIDALGO, Jose Angel HERNANZ-MANRIQUE
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Patent number: 10369762Abstract: A sandwich structure architecture for high speed impact resistant structure includes sandwich skins which enclose a sandwich core formed by a plurality of spacing layers and a plurality of trigger layers, wherein these layers are stacked alternatively in the core. The walls of the trigger layers are thicker than the walls of the spacing layers and/or the walls of the trigger layers include at least one part inclined with respect to the walls of the spacing layers. The spacing and the trigger layers are made of the same type of material, preferably composite materials or metallic materials. The structure is capable of absorbing high-speed impacts, and at the same time can be used as load carrying structure in aircraft fuselages, wings, vertical or horizontal stabilizers.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.Inventors: Fernando Pereira Mosqueira, Andrea Ivan Marasco, Esteban Martino Gonzalez
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Patent number: 10358206Abstract: A self-destruction device adapted to be installed in a propeller blade, the self-destruction device including a detector adapted to detect a release of the propeller blade, a warning mechanism adapted to send a release alarm in the event of the detector detecting release of the propeller blade, and a destruction mechanism adapted to destroy the propeller blade in the event of receiving a release alarm from the warning mechanism. An engine and an aircraft are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: Airbus Operations, S.L., Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Javier Toral Vázquez, Diego Folch Cortes, Esteban Martino González, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Vasillis Votsios, Michel Fouinnetau, Sylvain Roumegas
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Publication number: 20190168480Abstract: A deformable auxetic structure for absorbing energy of an impact that comprises a plurality of interconnected adjoining tridimensional auxetic cells where each tridimensional auxetic cell comprises at least one surface element and a plurality of legs extending from the surface, the plurality of legs and the surface element being configured such that the sectional cut of the structure in at least two planes perpendicular to the surface element follows an auxetic pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Iker VELEZ DE MENDIZABAL ALONSO, David APELLANIZ DE LA FUENTE
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Publication number: 20190126572Abstract: A modular mold for producing a panel including a panel of fiber reinforced material. The panel is configured to form hollow cells having an undulated trapezoidal cross-section. The mold includes at least three molding bars for forming each hollow cell. One of the molding bars has a trapezoidal cross shape. The other two molding bars have a triangular cross shape. The trapezoidal molding bar is located between the two triangular molding bars. The three molding bars when put together its cross-section forms the shape of the trapezoidal cross-section of the hollow cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Iker VELEZ DE MENDIZABAL ALONSO, David APELLANIZ DE LA FUENTE, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ - ARANJUEZ
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Patent number: 10124876Abstract: An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignees: Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations (SAS)Inventors: Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Diego Folch Cortes, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Angel Pascual Fuertes, Sandra Linares Mendoza, Julien Guillemaut, Eric Bouchet, Jerome Colmagro, Jonathan Blanc
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Publication number: 20180312239Abstract: A three-dimensional auxetic structure, comprising a plurality of adjoining hollow cells, each hollow cell having cell walls and a transversal cross section of the plurality hollow cells following a two-dimensional auxetic pattern, each cell wall comprising folding lines parallel to a plane containing the auxetic pattern such that peaks and valleys are defined in the cell walls and the cell walls being foldable along the folding lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Iker VÉLEZ DE MENDIZÁBAL ALONSO, Esteban MARTINO GONZÁLEZ, David APELLANIZ DE LA FUENTE, Alfonso PARRA RUBIO, Elena MOYA SANZ
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Publication number: 20180281917Abstract: An impact resistant fuselage of an aircraft, the fuselage extending along a central longitudinal direction, wherein transversal sections of the fuselage are comprised in a vertical plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal direction. The impact resistant fuselage comprises at least a ballistic material membrane extended along the longitudinal direction for absorbing high energy impacts. The membrane according to a transversal section, comprising at least one section between two tensional elements, wherein the material membrane is located inside the fuselage of the aircraft, the at least one section of the membrane is mechanically linked to the inside of the fuselage by the tensional elements, and the two tensional elements stress the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Edouard MENARD, Esteban MARTINO GONZÁLEZ, Fernando INIESTA LOZANO
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Patent number: 10046848Abstract: An aircraft rear structure comprising a substantially flat rear pressure bulkhead, with a first side and a second side, opposite to the first side. The aircraft rear structure also comprises a horizontal stabilizer and a vertical stabilizer which in turn comprises a first spar and a second spar. The first spar is attached to a first attachment zone of the second side of the rear pressure bulkhead via first attaching elements, and the second spar is attached to a second attachment zone of the second side of the rear pressure bulkhead via second attaching elements. The second attachment zone being different from the first attachment zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Diego Folch Cortes, Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Jose Antonio Mariblanca Lopez, Lionel Diochon