Patents by Inventor Robert Osterhuber

Robert Osterhuber 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: 11772809
    Abstract: A fuselage for an aircraft. The fuselage has a control element with an integrated engine outlet. The control element is integrated at a rear end of the fuselage, so that the control element terminates flush with an outer skin of the fuselage in a circumferential direction of the fuselage. An outer wall of the control element surrounds the engine outlet wherein the engine outlet is directed towards an open rear side of the control element. The control element is connected to the fuselage such that the control element jointly the engine outlet is pivotable about a rotation axis with respect to the fuselage. The rotation axis runs transversely to a longitudinal direction of the fuselage and the control element functions as a tailplane when pivoting about the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stangl, Robert Osterhuber, Philipp Ernstberger
  • Publication number: 20230166858
    Abstract: A fuselage for an aircraft. The fuselage has a control element with an integrated engine outlet. The control element is integrated at a rear end of the fuselage, so that the control element terminates flush with an outer skin of the fuselage in a circumferential direction of the fuselage. An outer wall of the control element surrounds the engine outlet wherein the engine outlet is directed towards an open rear side of the control element. The control element is connected to the fuselage such that the control element jointly the engine outlet is pivotable about a rotation axis with respect to the fuselage. The rotation axis runs transversely to a longitudinal direction of the fuselage and the control element functions as a tailplane when pivoting about the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stangl, Robert Osterhuber, Philipp Ernstberger