Patents by Inventor José Luis Martínez Muñoz

José Luis Martínez Muñoz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230339593
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage is configured to receive two tanks designed to contain liquid hydrogen. The fuselage includes a first section for a cockpit, a second section for a passenger cabin and a third section (T3) distinct from the first section (T1) and from the second section (T2). The third section (T3) includes two housings each to house a tank. The two housings are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry (P1). This arrangement of the tanks in a section distinct from the other sections allows them to be located as close as possible to the motors that they have to supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: AIRBUS SAS, Airbus Operations SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD, Airbus Operations SL, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Elisa Alvarez López-Herrero, Matthias Wolff, Alexander Broer, Rainer Tegtmeyer, Michael Wießmeier, Till Marquardt, André Anger, Anna-Katrin Wengorra, Marco Dias Figueiredo, Jose Luis Martinez Munoz, Alberto Gallegos Elvira, Kaya Sahin, Guillaume Gallant, Kasidit Leoviriyakit, Philip Wright
  • Patent number: 10967979
    Abstract: An aircraft with rear mounted engines, comprising a vertical tail plane and a horizontal tail plane, in which the engines are mounted on top of the horizontal tail plane, such that the horizontal tail plane comprises an inner fixed part attached to the fuselage of the aircraft, the inner fixed part comprising an elevator, and two outer movable parts, each one of the outer movable parts being located at each side end of the horizontal tail plane which is furthest away from the fuselage of the aircraft, such that both the inner fixed part and the outer movable parts are at least partially subjected to a flow coming from the engines when the engines are in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventor: Jose Luis Martinez Munoz
  • Publication number: 20190161211
    Abstract: An aircraft with a system for rearward mounting and dismounting an engine, the engine being placed inside the rear part of the aircraft when mounted. The system for rearward mounting and dismounting the engine comprises a first removable attachment device arranged to attach the engine to the fuselage in the rear part of the aircraft, internal supports fixed in the rear part of the aircraft, at least two longitudinal detachable rails, to be placed on the internal supports and under the engine, and a slider to attach to the engine via a second removable attachment device, to be placed on the longitudinal detachable rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Alberto ARANA HIDALGO, José Luis MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ
  • Publication number: 20190009915
    Abstract: An aircraft with rear mounted engines, comprising a vertical tail plane and a horizontal tail plane, in which the engines are mounted on top of the horizontal tail plane, such that the horizontal tail plane comprises an inner fixed part attached to the fuselage of the aircraft, the inner fixed part comprising an elevator, and two outer movable parts, each one of the outer movable parts being located at each side end of the horizontal tail plane which is furthest away from the fuselage of the aircraft, such that both the inner fixed part and the outer movable parts are at least partially subjected to a flow coming from the engines when the engines are in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Jose Luis MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ
  • Patent number: 9718535
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft with a trimmable horizontal stabilizer (13) that not requires a cut-out in resistant areas of the rear fuselage and that occupies less space that in conventional horizontal stabilizers. The rear fuselage (5) comprises at least a first section (9) having a resistant fuselage and a second section (11), aft of the first section, having a non-resistant fuselage (i.e. a fairing). The load-bearing structure (30) of the horizontal stabilizer and the trimming actuator (50) are disposed inside said second section (11). The pivot element (41) is mounted on its forward side and coupled to the first section (9) of the rear fuselage. The connection fitting (21) is mounted on its rearward side and the trimming actuator (50) is disposed so that it exerts a force in the direction of the Z-axis of the aircraft on the connection fitting (21) during a trimming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Raúl Llamas Sandín, Miguel Luque Buzo, José Luis Martínez Muñoz
  • Publication number: 20170066518
    Abstract: To optimize the structure of an aircraft tail section, an aircraft rear section comprises a fuselage section, a tail section, and a vertical stabilizer comprising a box-section structure which comprises a box-section upper part extending on the outside of the tail section, and a box-section lower part housed inside the tail section, such that the tail section is wholly supported by the box-section structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Guillaume Gallant, Jose Luis Martinez Munoz
  • Publication number: 20150183509
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft with a trimmable horizontal stabilizer (13) that not requires a cut-out in resistant areas of the rear fuselage and that occupies less space that in conventional horizontal stabilizers. The rear fuselage (5) comprises at least a first section (9) having a resistant fuselage and a second section (11), aft of the first section, having a non-resistant fuselage (i.e. a fairing). The load-bearing structure (30) of the horizontal stabilizer and the trimming actuator (50) are disposed inside said second section (11). The pivot element (41) is mounted on its forward side and coupled to the first section (9) of the rear fuselage. The connection fitting (21) is mounted on its rearward side and the trimming actuator (50) is disposed so that it exerts a force in the direction of the Z-axis of the aircraft on the connection fitting (21) during a trimming operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Raúl LLAMAS SANDÍN, Miguel LUQUE BUZO, José Luis MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ
  • Publication number: 20130001356
    Abstract: Aircraft having attached to the rear fuselage (31) a propulsion system (13) by means of upstream pylons (17); the aircraft comprising a vertical tail plane (21) attached to the rear fuselage (31); the rear fuselage (31) extending from a rear pressure bulkhead (27) to the aircraft tail (29), comprising a skin (35) and a plurality of frames (37, 37?, 37?) arranged perpendicularly to a central longitudinal axis (33), and having a curved shape with at least a vertical symmetry plane (A-A); the vertical tail plane (21) comprising a torsion box with left and right skins, frontal and rear spars (51, 53) and a plurality of ribs (55); the aircraft also comprising a resistant structure connecting said vertical tail plane (21) with the rear fuselage (31) that acts as a redundant load path in failure events of the propulsion system (13) that can produce damages in the rear fuselage (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
    Inventors: Raúl Carlos LLAMAS SANDÍN, José Luis Martínez Muñoz