Patents by Inventor Luc Andreani

Luc Andreani 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: 20110073712
    Abstract: A lateral coupling device for holding and guiding at least one aerodynamic body relative to the main wing in its wingspread direction during the adjustment thereof features: a coupling connection, a first coupling joint for coupling a first end of the coupling connection to the main wing or an aircraft component connected thereto or another aerodynamic body, as well as a second coupling joint for coupling the second end of the coupling connection to the aerodynamic body, where the lateral coupling device has a total of five degrees of freedom and allows an adjusting motion of the aerodynamic body relative to the main wing transverse to the wingspread direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Luc Andreani
  • Publication number: 20100006707
    Abstract: An aircraft wing trailing edge control surface including a trailing edge flap adjustable to different positions, a sealing flap on the upper side between the wing and the flap, and a ventilation flap on the underside between the wing and the flap. The flap is adjustable downward through positive positions and upward through negative positions. The wing profile is closed on the upper side by the sealing flap and the underside by the ventilation flap when the flap is used as a control flap and adjusted between negative and low positive positions. The ventilation flap releases air flow from the wing underside to the upper side of the flap and the sealing flap is retracted to release an outflow of air from the upper side of the flap when the flap is used for increasing lift and the flap is adjusted between low and high positive positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Reckzeh, Bernhard Schlipf, Luc Andreani, Mark Sutcliffe
  • Publication number: 20090272853
    Abstract: A lift-augmenting leading edge flap for a carrying wing of an aircraft, wherein the flap comprises an essentially rigid main body which makes a transition from the first side to the second side of the wing the flap being adjustable by a retention- and actuation mechanism coupled between the flap and wing box, between a first, retracted, position and a second, extended, position, wherein the first transition region of the flap is slidable to rest in each position essentially free of any gap, against the first skin of the wing box or against the wing end cover, in relation to the wing end cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Morten Raudszus, Bernhard Schlipf, Luc Andreani, Xavier Hue, Mark Heintjes