Patents by Inventor Rafael Villanueva Montero

Rafael Villanueva Montero 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: 8657233
    Abstract: A tail-cone of an aircraft includes a skin provided with a movable fairing which, by a swing articulated mechanism, is supported on the skin in order to allow the opening/closing of the movable fairing and gain access to the inside of the tail-cone. The tail-cone includes actuators for operating the swing articulated mechanism in order to permit the automatic opening and closing of the movable fairing to be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Alejandro Meseguer Mata, Angel Postigo Rodriguez, Rafael Villanueva Montero, Daniel De La Sen Perez
  • Patent number: 8528864
    Abstract: A protection device includes a flexible laminar body resistant to impacts, arranged separately from the body to be protected and put in the way of the beam of possible trajectories with which a foreign object could impact on the object to be protected, and it includes a plurality of energy absorption elements, provided with device clamping elements over a support structure positioned outside of the beam of possible trajectories, in order for the flexible laminar body to intercept an impact trajectory by the foreign object, resulting in its deformation and the subsequent progressive extension of the energy absorption elements reducing the loads to be supported by the support structure. The protection device is applied to prevent birds or other objects from impacting on sensitive areas of aircraft. The protection device is of a textile nature of reduced weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventor: Rafael Villanueva Montero
  • Publication number: 20130119201
    Abstract: A protection device includes a flexible laminar body resistant to impacts, arranged separately from the body to be protected and put in the way of the beam of possible trajectories with which a foreign object could impact on the object to be protected, and it includes a plurality of energy absorption elements, provided with device clamping elements over a support structure positioned outside of the beam of possible trajectories, in order for the flexible laminar body to intercept an impact trajectory by the foreign object, resulting in its deformation and the subsequent progressive extension of the energy absorption elements reducing the loads to be supported by the support structure. The protection device is applied to prevent birds or other objects from impacting on sensitive areas of aircraft. The protection device is of a textile nature of reduced weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
    Inventor: Rafael VILLANUEVA MONTERO
  • Publication number: 20120132749
    Abstract: A tail-cone of an aircraft includes a skin provided with a movable fairing which, by a swing articulated mechanism, is supported on the skin in order to allow the opening/closing of the movable fairing and gain access to the inside of the tail-cone. The tail-cone includes actuators for operating the swing articulated mechanism in order to permit the automatic opening and closing of the movable fairing to be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
    Inventors: Alejandro MESEGUER MATA, Angel Postigo Rodriguez, Rafael Villanueva Montero, Daniel De La Sen Peréz