Patents by Inventor Michael Markwart

Michael Markwart 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: 10308364
    Abstract: A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft includes an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Peggy Benfeldt, Ingo Gores, Uwe Buchholz, Christina Kopp
  • Patent number: 9869477
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for an air-conditioning system comprising a recirculation air line, connectable to a vehicle region to be air-conditioned, to remove recirculation air from the region, and an air-conditioning air line, connectable to an air-conditioning unit to remove conditioned air from the air-conditioning unit. A first mixing region, for mixing the recirculation air with the conditioned air, is connected to the two air lines. A second mixing region, for mixing the first mixing region air with recirculation air, is connected to the recirculation air line and the first mixing region. Also, a first supply line is connected to the first mixing region to supply air from the first mixing region to a first partial region of the vehicle region, and a second supply line is connected to the second mixing region to supply air from the second mixing region to a second partial region of the vehicle region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Lampe, Thomas Scherer, Jens Lohmar, Michael Markwart, Martin Schmid
  • Patent number: 9511868
    Abstract: A mixing device for an aircraft air conditioning system includes a plurality of cold-air supply lines, which are devised to supply cold air to the mixing device. A plurality of warm-air supply lines is further provided, which are devised to supply warm air to the mixing device. A first premixing chamber is connected to the cold-air supply lines and devised to mix the cold air that is fed through the cold-air supply lines into the first premixing chamber. A second premixing chamber is connected to the warm-air supply lines and devised to mix the warm air that is fed through the warm-air supply lines into the second premixing chamber. Finally, a main mixing chamber is connected to the first and the second premixing chambers and devised to mix the cold air premixed in the first premixing chamber with the warm air premixed in the second premixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Stengel, Jens Elmers, Michael Markwart, Thomas Scherer, Jens Lohmar, Dariusz Krakowski, Martin Schmid
  • Patent number: 9394055
    Abstract: A mixer for an aircraft air conditioning system has first and second fresh air lines and first and second recirculation air lines. A first premixer is connected to the first fresh air line and the first recirculation air line, to mix the fresh air with the recirculation air thereof. A second premixer is connected to the second fresh air line and the second recirculation air line, to mix the fresh air with the recirculation air thereof. A main mixer is connected by a first premixed air line to the first premixer and by a second premixed air line to the second premixer. The main mixer is adapted to be supplied through the first premixed air line and the second premixed air line exclusively with premixed air from the first and/or the second premixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Jens Lohmar, Dariusz Krakowski, Martin Schmid, Torsten Stengel, Jens Elmers, Thomas Scherer
  • Publication number: 20160101869
    Abstract: A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft includes an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Peggy Benfeldt, Ingo Gores, Uwe Buchholz, Christina Kopp
  • Patent number: 9227730
    Abstract: A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft comprises an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated, and that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a temperature that a desired ambient temperature is set in the aircraft region to be ventilated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Peggy Bendfeldt, Ingo Gores, Uwe Buchholz, Christina Koepp
  • Publication number: 20140287672
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for an air-conditioning system comprising a recirculation air line, connectable to a vehicle region to be air-conditioned, to remove recirculation air from the region, and an air-conditioning air line, connectable to an air-conditioning unit to remove conditioned air from the air-conditioning unit. A first mixing region, for mixing the recirculation air with the conditioned air, is connected to the two air lines. A second mixing region, for mixing the first mixing region air with recirculation air, is connected to the recirculation air line and the first mixing region. Also, a first supply line is connected to the first mixing region to supply air from the first mixing region to a first partial region of the vehicle region, and a second supply line is connected to the second mixing region to supply air from the second mixing region to a second partial region of the vehicle region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Dietrich Lampe, Thomas Scherer, Jens Lohmar, Michael Markwart, Martin Schmid
  • Patent number: 8708786
    Abstract: An aircraft air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning unit that is connected by a main fresh-air line to a mixer in order to supply the mixer with fresh air at a desired low temperature. A fresh-air branch line that is connected upstream of the mixer to the main fresh-air line has a flow cross section that is smaller than a flow cross section of the main fresh-air line. In a region of connection of the main fresh-air line to the fresh-air branch line the main fresh-air line and the fresh-air branch line are so formed that a main fresh air flow flowing through the main fresh-air line is deflected, while a fresh air branch flow flowing through the fresh-air branch line experiences substantially no deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Schmid, Dariusz Krakowski, Michael Markwart, Joerg Baumann
  • Patent number: 8490884
    Abstract: Method for controlling the temperature of feed air injected into at least one cabin zone of a passenger aircraft, the temperature of injected feed air being controlled for each cabin zone dependent on the deviation of the injection temperature actual value of the feed air from an injection temperature target value, the injection temperature target value being established using an external ambient temperature actual value and not using a temperature sensor in the at least one cabin zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Michael Markwart, Torsten Schwan
  • Patent number: 8336609
    Abstract: A passenger aircraft includes a cabin subdivided into a plurality of cabin zones supplied with feed air from respective supply lines, a plurality of temperature sensors, and an electronic control unit coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors. The plurality of temperature sensors measures a plurality of individual ambient temperature values associated with different locations in at least one of the plurality of cabin zones. The electronic control unit derives a derived ambient temperature value for the at least one cabin zone from the plurality of individual ambient temperature values. The electronic control unit then controls a temperature of the feed air supplied to the at least one cabin zone based on the difference between the derived ambient temperature value and a room temperature target value for the at least one cabin zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Schwan, Michael Markwart
  • Patent number: 8137169
    Abstract: The present application describes an arrangement and a method for utilizing the heat of waste air for heating the bilge area of aircraft, wherein the bilge area is connected to a heat transfer unit via a first air supply pipe, through which a bilge air flow drawn in from the bilge area flows into the heat transfer unit, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a second air supply pipe, through which a waste air heat flow to be cooled that is created at another location in the aircraft flows into the heat transfer unit in order to heat the drawn-in bilge air flow, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a first air discharge pipe, through which the cooled waste air heat flow is discharged, and a second air discharge pipe with a bilge inlet section, and wherein at least a portion of the heated bilge flow is returned to the bilge area via the air discharge pipe and the bilge inlet section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Thomas Scherer, Oliver Schaumann
  • Patent number: 8074927
    Abstract: A system for improving the air quality in a pressure cabin of an aircraft includes a recirculation air circuit in which a portion of the cabin air, referred to as recirculation air, is withdrawn from the pressure cabin, filtered and then recirculated into the pressure cabin. To increase the oxygen partial pressure of the air fed back into the pressure cabin, the quantity of recirculation air is passed wholly or partially through a nitrogen generator which generates nitrogen and an oxygen-containing waste gas from the recirculation air supplied. The oxygen-containing waste gas of the nitrogen generator, together with any remaining quantity of recirculation air untreated by the nitrogen generator, is recirculated into the pressure cabin. The nitrogen generator, to which only recirculation air is supplied, utilizes a pressure gradient existing in flight between the pressure cabin and the outside of the aircraft for nitrogen generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Markwart
  • Publication number: 20110192565
    Abstract: The present application describes an arrangement and a method for utilizing the heat of waste air for heating the bilge area of aircraft, wherein the bilge area is connected to a heat transfer unit via a first air supply pipe, through which a bilge air flow drawn in from the bilge area flows into the heat transfer unit, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a second air supply pipe, through which a waste air heat flow to be cooled that is created at another location in the aircraft flows into the heat transfer unit in order to heat the drawn-in bilge air flow, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a first air discharge pipe, through which the cooled waste air heat flow is discharged, and a second air discharge pipe with a bilge inlet section, and wherein at least a portion of the heated bilge flow is returned to the bilge area via the air discharge pipe and the bilge inlet section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Michael MARKWART, Thomas SCHERER, Oliver SCHAUMANN
  • Patent number: 7980928
    Abstract: The present application describes an arrangement and a method for utilizing the heat of waste air for heating the bilge area of aircraft, wherein the bilge area is connected to a heat transfer unit via a first air supply pipe, through which a bilge air flow drawn in from the bilge area flows into the heat transfer unit, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a second air supply pipe, through which a waste air heat flow to be cooled that is created at another location in the aircraft flows into the heat transfer unit in order to heat the drawn-in bilge air flow, wherein the heat transfer unit comprises a first air discharge pipe, through which the cooled waste air heat flow is discharged, and a second air discharge pipe with a bilge inlet section, and wherein at least a portion of the heated bilge flow is returned to the bilge area via the air discharge pipe and the bilge inlet section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Thomas Scherer, Oliver Schaumann
  • Patent number: 7967249
    Abstract: With a cooling system for expelling heat from a heat source (30) located in the interior of an aircraft to a heat reducer (32), with a piping system (10) sealed against the surrounding atmosphere which is thermally coupled to a heat intake section (14) with the heat source (38) and to a heat output section (22) with the heat reducer (32), and which preferably has an essentially adiabate transport section (21), it is proposed that the piping system (10) is filled with a heat conveyance medium (12) which, when taking in heat from the heat source (38) in the heat intake section (14) undergoes a transition from the liquid phase to the gaseous phase, then flows into the heat output section (22), and here, when discharging heat to the heat reducer (32) condenses once again, and flows back into the heat intake section (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Mühlthaler, Michael Markwart, Andreas Edom
  • Patent number: 7878887
    Abstract: A method and a line system for the air-conditioning of a cabin of an aircraft envisage that at sites remote from passengers air that is at a temperature lower than air at sites closer to passengers is introduced into the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Elmers, Michael Markwart, Dietrich Lampe, Thomas Scherer
  • Publication number: 20100267323
    Abstract: With a method for controlling the temperature of feed air which is injected into the cabin zone of a passenger aircraft, the cabin of which is sub-divided into several cabin zones supplied respectively with specially temperature-controlled feed air, the temperature of the injected feed air is controlled for each cabin zone, dependent upon the deviation of an injection temperature actual value for the feed air injected into the cabin zone in question, measured by sensors, in relation to an injection temperature optimum value. If there is no, or at least no usable reading of the ambient temperature of this cabin zone for a cabin zone, an optimum value for the injection temperature of this cabin zone can be established in accordance with a variation, whereby it is determined upon the basis of the injection temperature optimum values and/or the injection temperature actual values of other cabin zones, whereby the measurement by sensors of the cabin temperature works reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Michael Markwart, Torsten Schwan
  • Publication number: 20100240290
    Abstract: A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft comprises an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated, and that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a temperature that a desired ambient temperature is set in the aircraft region to be ventilated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Markwart, Peggy Bendfeldt, Ingo Gores, Uwe Buchholz, Christina Kopp
  • Patent number: 7775447
    Abstract: With a method for controlling the temperature of feed air which is injected into the cabin zone of a passenger aircraft, the cabin of which is sub-divided into several cabin zones supplied respectively with specially temperature-controlled feed air, the temperature of the injected feed air is controlled for each cabin zone, dependent upon the deviation of an injection temperature actual value for the feed air injected into the cabin zone in question, measured by sensors, in relation to an injection temperature optimum value. If there is no, or at least no usable reading of the ambient temperature of this cabin zone for a cabin zone, an optimum value for the injection temperature of this cabin zone can be established in accordance with a variation, whereby it is determined upon the basis of the injection temperature optimum values and/or the injection temperature actual values of other cabin zones, whereby the measurement by sensors of the cabin temperature works reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Michael Markwart, Torsten Schwan
  • Publication number: 20100173576
    Abstract: An aircraft air-conditioning system (10) comprises an air-conditioning unit (12) that is connected by a main fresh-air line (16) to a mixer (18) in order to supply the mixer (18) with fresh air at a desired low temperature. A fresh-air branch line (20) that is connected upstream of the mixer (18) to the main fresh-air line (16) has a flow cross section that is smaller than a flow cross section of the main fresh-air line (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Schmid, Dariusz Krakowski, Michael Markwart, Joerg Baumann