Patents by Inventor Gerd Brüchmann

Gerd Brüchmann 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: 11292610
    Abstract: A camera module for surveillance of a passenger cabin of an aircraft, including a covering device for securing in a longitudinal cutout of a service channel including a carrier part having a circular securing cutout and including a mounting structure at least partly surrounding the securing cutout. A camera device includes a camera housing having a mounting portion with a spherically curved outer surface, and includes a camera unit having a lens accommodated in a front cutout of the camera housing, an optical sensor for generating image data, the optical sensor being in an interior of the camera housing, and a data interface for transferring the image data, wherein the camera housing is mounted by the mounting portion in the mounting structure to be rotatable or pivotable about at least two axes, and a locking device for locking the camera housing relative to the mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Brüchmann
  • Patent number: 11180255
    Abstract: An aircraft seat with a voltage supply port associated only with the aircraft seat and/or a data port associated only with the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit, associated with the aircraft seat and including a voltage input and a voltage output, each of which is connected to another of the voltage supply ports, a switching circuit associated only with the aircraft seat and hooked up between the voltage output and the voltage supply port and/or between the data port and a data network, with which each of the voltage supply port or each of the data port can be activated or deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Brüchmann
  • Publication number: 20200307825
    Abstract: A camera module for surveillance of a passenger cabin of an aircraft, including a covering device for securing in a longitudinal cutout of a service channel including a carrier part having a circular securing cutout and including a mounting structure at least partly surrounding the securing cutout. A camera device includes a camera housing having a mounting portion with a spherically curved outer surface, and includes a camera unit having a lens accommodated in a front cutout of the camera housing, an optical sensor for generating image data, the optical sensor being in an interior of the camera housing, and a data interface for transferring the image data, wherein the camera housing is mounted by the mounting portion in the mounting structure to be rotatable or pivotable about at least two axes, and a locking device for locking the camera housing relative to the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Gerd BRÜCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20200198805
    Abstract: An electrical adapter for connecting a panel to a cabin management system for an aircraft, wherein the electrical adapter is configured to connect the cabin management system and the panel to one another, having at least one processor and a memory and also having at least one interface for the cabin management system and having at least one further interface, wherein the at least one further interface allows a data transfer to the panel and/or the cabin management system. Also, a display system is provided for an aircraft having a cabin management system, a panel for presenting information, wherein the panel comprises hardware and software for monitoring image information presented on the panel, and an electrical adapter for connecting the panel to the cabin management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd BRÜCHMANN, Christian RIEDEL
  • Publication number: 20200002005
    Abstract: An aircraft seat with a voltage supply port associated only with the aircraft seat and/or a data port associated only with the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit, associated with the aircraft seat and including a voltage input and a voltage output, each of which is connected to another of the voltage supply ports, a switching circuit associated only with the aircraft seat and hooked up between the voltage output and the voltage supply port and/or between the data port and a data network, with which each of the voltage supply port or each of the data port can be activated or deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Brüchmann