Patents by Inventor Robert Ehrmayr

Robert Ehrmayr 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: 12630287
    Abstract: An aircraft structure having a fuselage, an engine and an air inlet for receiving air for the engine. The air inlet has a cowl which surrounds an inlet opening. The air inlet has a compression surface and a transition shoulder. The air inlet additionally has a flow guide surface, which is arranged as a local elevation in a region of the transition shoulder and extends into the inlet opening. This flow guide surface designed as a local elevation contributes to improving the displacement of the boundary layer of a fluid flowing along the aircraft structure at the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Ritter, Robert Ehrmayr, Robert Osterhuber
  • Publication number: 20250257688
    Abstract: An aircraft structure having a fuselage, an engine and an air inlet for receiving air for the engine. The air inlet has a cowl which surrounds an inlet opening. The air inlet has a compression surface and a transition shoulder. The air inlet additionally has a flow guide surface, which is arranged as a local elevation in a region of the transition shoulder and extends into the inlet opening. This flow guide surface designed as a local elevation contributes to improving the displacement of the boundary layer of a fluid flowing along the aircraft structure at the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Sebastian Ritter, Robert Ehrmayr, Robert Osterhuber
  • Patent number: 11702219
    Abstract: An air direction arrangement for an aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains an inlet opening and an inlet channel connected thereto and which is at least partially surrounded by an outer wall. The inlet channel is configured to guide air to an engine of the aircraft. The outer wall contains at least one outlet channel and at least one outlet element. The outlet element is configured to selectively release or close the outlet channel for an air flow from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains a heat exchanger in the outlet channel to discharge thermal energy to the air flow which is flowing from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Pfefferkorn, Robert Ehrmayr
  • Publication number: 20220111973
    Abstract: An air direction arrangement for an aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains an inlet opening and an inlet channel connected thereto and which is at least partially surrounded by an outer wall. The inlet channel is configured to guide air to an engine of the aircraft. The outer wall contains at least one outlet channel and at least one outlet element. The outlet element is configured to selectively release or close the outlet channel for an air flow from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft. The air direction arrangement contains a heat exchanger in the outlet channel to discharge thermal energy to the air flow which is flowing from the inlet channel into the environment of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Pfefferkorn, Robert Ehrmayr
  • Publication number: 20210261266
    Abstract: An aircraft structure has a fuselage, a wing and an air inlet for receiving air for an engine. The air inlet contains an elevation which rises from the fuselage and the wing. The elevation is arranged in a transition region between the wing and the fuselage and extends asymmetrically with respect to an angle bisector of an angle between a surface of the wing and the lateral surface of the fuselage. By virtue of this construction, a leading edge of the wing can be arranged further forward than the air inlet, and the air inlet configured according to these principles can positively influence a flow boundary layer on the aircraft structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Ehrmayr, Thomas Berens