Patents by Inventor Oliver Bullinger

Oliver Bullinger 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).

  • Panel member for an airframe
    Patent number: 10814957
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composite panel member for an airframe of an aircraft or spacecraft, the composite panel member having a laminated or sandwich structure including: a first outer layer extending over a first side of the panel member; a second outer layer extending over a second side of the panel member; a core layer between the first and second outer layers; and at least one support element configured as an electrical conductor and provided within the core layer between the first and second outer layers. In this regard, the at least one support element extends within the core layer substantially parallel to the first and second outer layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ichwan Zuardy, Oliver Bullinger, Claudio Vultaggio
  • System for monitoring flow of a matrix material in a molding tool using a scattering optical signal transmitted along at least one optical fiber during production of a component
    Patent number: 9533453
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a fiber-reinforced composite component in production or in service. The system includes a composite component having reinforcing fibers which are encompassed by a matrix material; at least one optical fiber arranged to extend in a continuous path over a monitoring area of the composite component for contact with the matrix material; a signal generator configured to transmit an optical signal along the at least one optical fiber; and a detector device configured to detect scattering, and in particular backscattering, of the optical signal transmitted along the at least one optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ichwan M. Zuardy, Pierre C. Zahlen, Clemens Bockenheimer, Oliver Bullinger
  • PANEL MEMBER FOR AN AIRFRAME
    Publication number: 20150004348
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composite panel member for an airframe of an aircraft or spacecraft, the composite panel member having a laminated or sandwich structure including: a first outer layer extending over a first side of the panel member; a second outer layer extending over a second side of the panel member; a core layer between the first and second outer layers; and at least one support element configured as an electrical conductor and provided within the core layer between the first and second outer layers. In this regard, the at least one support element extends within the core layer substantially parallel to the first and second outer layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ichwan ZUARDY, Oliver BULLINGER, Claudio VULTAGGIO
  • System and method for monitoring a component in production and/or in service
    Publication number: 20130341497
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a fiber-reinforced composite component in production or in service. The system includes a composite component having reinforcing fibers which are encompassed by a matrix material; at least one optical fiber arranged to extend in a continuous path over a monitoring area of the composite component for contact with the matrix material; a signal generator configured to transmit an optical signal along the at least one optical fiber; and a detector device configured to detect scattering, and in particular backscattering, of the optical signal transmitted along the at least one optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Ichwan M. Zuardy, Pierre C. Zahlen, Clemens Bockenheimer, Oliver Bullinger