Patents by Inventor Hubert NEUKIRCH

Hubert NEUKIRCH 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: 11912402
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that forms an aircraft interior region, the fuselage comprising an upper primary skin that separates the aircraft interior region from an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises an engine accommodating region with a firewall arrangement, the engine accommodating region accommodating at least one aircraft engine within the firewall arrangement, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one gasket for tightening pass-through of a torque tube that connects the at least one aircraft engine to a main gear box of the rotary wing aircraft, and wherein the at least one gasket comprises at least two fire proof shells and a ring-shaped flexible fire proof bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Hubert Neukirch, Markus Kammerer, Bernhard Rein
  • Patent number: 11655017
    Abstract: A stiffener skeleton that is configured to be mounted to an upper deck of a rotary wing aircraft in a maintenance phase, comprising an upper stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting arms for providing upside stiffening support, and a lateral stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting legs for providing lateral stiffening support, wherein the plurality of supporting arms and the plurality of supporting legs form a self-supporting frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Nicolas Montil, Mathieu Gester, Hubert Neukirch, Pascal Jervaise, Markus Kammerer, Pierre Arnould
  • Patent number: 11603180
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage and at least one emergency exit system, the at least one emergency exit system including a jettisonable component that is accommodated and locked in an associated frame structure of the aircraft in normal operation mode to form a portion of the fuselage and that is releasable from the associated frame structure for being jettisoned from the aircraft in an emergency mode; and further including an emergency evacuation assistance device that is adapted to assist in an emergency evacuation of the aircraft via the associated frame structure in the emergency mode; wherein the emergency evacuation assistance device is attached to the jettisonable component such that the emergency evacuation assistance device is deployed by means of the jettisonable component when the jettisonable component is jettisoned from the aircraft in the emergency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien Vayssiere, Bernhard Rein, Sven Laessig, Hubert Neukirch, Pierre Fruitet
  • Publication number: 20220332411
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that forms an aircraft interior region, the fuselage comprising an upper primary skin that separates the aircraft interior region from an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises an engine accommodating region with a firewall arrangement, the engine accommodating region accommodating at least one aircraft engine within the firewall arrangement, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one gasket for tightening pass-through of a torque tube that connects the at least one aircraft engine to a main gear box of the rotary wing aircraft, and wherein the at least one gasket comprises at least two fire proof shells and a ring-shaped flexible fire proof bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Markus KAMMERER, Bernhard REIN
  • Publication number: 20220161915
    Abstract: A stiffener skeleton that is configured to be mounted to an upper deck of a rotary wing aircraft in a maintenance phase, comprising an upper stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting arms for providing upside stiffening support, and a lateral stiffening structure with a plurality of supporting legs for providing lateral stiffening support, wherein the plurality of supporting arms and the plurality of supporting legs form a self-supporting frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Nicolas MONTIL, Mathieu GESTER, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Pascal JERVAISE, Markus KAMMERER, Pierre ARNOULD
  • Publication number: 20210229794
    Abstract: A vehicle with at least one emergency exit system, the at least one emergency exit system comprising a jettisonable component that is accommodated and locked in an associated frame structure of the vehicle in normal operation mode and releasable from the associated frame structure for being jettisoned from the vehicle in an emergency mode; and further comprising an emergency evacuation assistance device that is adapted to assist in an emergency evacuation of the vehicle via the associated frame structure in the emergency mode; wherein the emergency evacuation assistance device is attached to the jettisonable component such that the emergency evacuation assistance device is deployed by means of the jettisonable component when the jettisonable component is jettisoned from the vehicle in the emergency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Aurelien VAYSSIERE, Bernhard REIN, Sven LAESSIG, Hubert NEUKIRCH, Pierre FRUITET