Patents by Inventor Juan Tomas

Juan Tomas 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: 11814180
    Abstract: An air management system with a set of compressed air sources for selectively supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment according to an aircraft operation condition. Low pressure air, high pressure air, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Lucía Bayona Revilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Publication number: 20230194185
    Abstract: An aircraft heat exchanger arranged longitudinally and including a casing with an inner chamber configured so that coolant flows longitudinally from an inlet to an outlet, a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending inner chamber plates, and a plurality of channels defined between contiguous plates. Each plate includes a leading edge oriented towards the inlet and configured to divert coolant towards the channels. A plurality of the plates include an inner hollow area configured to conduct a flow of hot bleed air therethrough. Leading edges of a first group of plates are arranged in a stepped pattern. A gap defined between the first group of plates and a first casing lateral wall establishes a fluid coolant communication through the first group of plates between the casing inlet and outlet. The lateral distance between each leading edge of the first group of plates and the first lateral wall decreases longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Juan Tomás PRIETO PADILLA, Diego BARRÓN VEGA
  • Patent number: 11623752
    Abstract: An aircraft installation of a pneumatic system of an aircraft with different compressed air sources for supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment. Either an air bleed system, electrical compressors, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition, for instance the flight altitude or specific flight phases. Also, a turbofan engine, and a method for supplying compressed air to air consumer equipment are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Angel Garcia Zuazo, Serafin Escudero Fraile, Esteban Martino-Gonzalez, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Patent number: 11597523
    Abstract: An air management system with a set of compressed air sources for supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment. In particular, either an air bleed system, electrical compressors, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Esteban Martino-Gonzalez, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla
  • Patent number: 11408338
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Bruno Medda, Esteban Martino-Gonzalez, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Diego Barron Vega
  • Publication number: 20220153420
    Abstract: An air management system with a set of compressed air sources for selectively supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment according to an aircraft operation condition. Low pressure air, high pressure air, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Lucía BAYONA REVILLA, Diego BARRON VEGA
  • Patent number: 11215118
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Bruno Medda, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Esteban Martino González, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Patent number: 11136921
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Bruno Medda, Esteban Martino-Gonzalez, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Diego Barron Vega
  • Patent number: 10961907
    Abstract: An aircraft incorporating a bleed system for extracting compressed air from the aircraft main engines to be used as a source of pressurized air for the aircraft. The bleed air system includes a first pre-cooler installed at one of the main engines nacelle and coupled with the bleed duct, and adapted for cooling down the bleed air extracted from the main engine, and a second pre-cooler installed at the pylon and coupled with bleed duct and downstream the first pre-cooler. The working temperature of the aircraft bleed system is reduced, down to max 200° C., so that the dimensions of an Over Heat Detection System (OHDS) is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Marta Castillo De Alvear, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla
  • Publication number: 20210001991
    Abstract: An air management system with a set of compressed air sources for supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment. In particular, either an air bleed system, electrical compressors, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA
  • Publication number: 20210001990
    Abstract: An aircraft installation of a pneumatic system of an aircraft with different compressed air sources for supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment. Either an air bleed system, electrical compressors, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition, for instance the flight altitude or specific flight phases. Also, a turbofan engine, and a method for supplying compressed air to air consumer equipment are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Angel GARCIA ZUAZO, Serafin ESCUDERO FRAILE, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Diego BARRON VEGA
  • Publication number: 20200347782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
  • Publication number: 20200291854
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
  • Publication number: 20200291869
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno MEDDA, Esteban MARTINO-GONZALEZ, Thomas STEVENS, Julien CAYSSIALS, Juan Tomas PRIETO PADILLA, Adeline SOULIE, Didier POIRIER, Pierre-Alain PINAULT, Diego BARRON VEGA
  • Publication number: 20200191056
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno Medda, Thomas Stevens, Julien Cayssials, Adeline Soulie, Didier Poirier, Pierre-Alain Pinault, Esteban Martino González, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla, Diego Barron Vega
  • Publication number: 20180371991
    Abstract: An aircraft incorporating a bleed system for extracting compressed air from the aircraft main engines to be used as a source of pressurized air for the aircraft. The bleed air system includes a first pre-cooler installed at one of the main engines nacelle and coupled with the bleed duct, and adapted for cooling down the bleed air extracted from the main engine, and a second pre-cooler installed at the pylon and coupled with bleed duct and downstream the first pre-cooler. The working temperature of the aircraft bleed system is reduced, down to max 200° C., so that the dimensions of an Over Heat Detection System (OHDS) is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Marta Castillo De Alvear, Juan Tomas Prieto Padilla
  • Patent number: 8588606
    Abstract: A network monitoring module for deployment in a branched optical network at a split location where the network splits into a plurality of branches, the network monitoring module is disclosed, comprising an array of transmitters for generating optical test signals, an output of each transmitter in the array being optically connected to a respective branch, a detector for receiving a remotely generated optical trigger signal which identifies a particular one of the transmitters, and a CMOS circuit for selectively triggering the transmitter identified in the optical trigger signal to transmit an optical test signal into the branch connected to that transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem NV
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Gerry Branders, Juan Tomas Arias, Bart Volckaerts, Hugo Thienpont, Christof Debaes
  • Publication number: 20120003878
    Abstract: Modular connector for electrical connections, provided with an external anchoring system which facilitates the grouping and fixing of several connectors through male and female couplings, both laterally and transversally. For first-sight recognition, the wraparound insulating carcasses (4) are standard color-keyed to identify the conductors. For the recognition of each circuit it is provided with an upper cover (6) which can be signaled by the user. The conductor part has a set of one or more metallic parts always of the same pole (1), and the set is built into a wraparound insulating carcass (5), having the same color as the conductor cable for this element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Daisel Innova, S.L.
    Inventors: Joaquin Tomás Gilabert, Juan Tomás Gilabert
  • Publication number: 20080205885
    Abstract: A fiber pigtailed network monitoring module incorporating an optical printed circuit board on which a signal-transferring connection is remotely actuated between electronic components mounted on the board and active and/or passive optical devices mounted on the board to generate remotely readable monitoring signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: TYCO ELCTRONICS UK LTD
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Gerry Branders, Juan Tomas Arias, Bart Volckaerts, Hugo Thienpont, Christof Debaes
  • Patent number: 7177394
    Abstract: The connection architecture is configured to digitally monitor filters therein, directly connecting a test table to the intermediate distribution frame without requiring wiring to the DSLAM. Filter cards of the dominant operators and of second operators, at least one smart card containing the relays that are activated from the test table, for which a digital bus is used, allowing measurement of the subscriber loop for filters of second operators and the DSLAM signal as well for the dominant operator, are further provided with an additional card in charge of receiving and distributing the signal that arrives from the DSLAM, between the filters, and connectors to which are connected the filter cards so that when they are extracted, the input (voice) is connected to the output (voice +data) so that the voice signal is not disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem SA
    Inventors: Juan Tomas Arias, Jose Manuel Jorde