Patents by Inventor Rolf Radespiel

Rolf Radespiel 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: 10173768
    Abstract: An aerodynamic body of an aircraft with an air outlet opening and an air intake opening that communicates with the air outlet opening via an air conduit is described. A flow delivery driver device for influencing the flow within the air conduit is integrated into the air conduit. The surfaces of the aerodynamic body in the body chord direction include at least one air outlet opening in the front region of the aerodynamic body, and at least one air intake opening on the upper surface of the aerodynamic body and in the rear region of the aerodynamic body and/or on the upper surface of the aerodynamic body in the trailing edge region and/or on the lower surface of the aerodynamic body in the trailing edge region. Arrangements of a main wing and an adjustable flap, and an aircraft with such an aerodynamic body are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Goelling, Heinz Hansen, Rolf Radespiel, Christoph Jensch, Kai-Christoph Pfingsten, Klaus-Peter Neitzke
  • Patent number: 9193444
    Abstract: A lift arrangement for an aircraft includes an aircraft fuselage section with an outside, an aerodynamic lift body attached to the aircraft fuselage section and extending from the aircraft fuselage section outwardly, and a pair of movably held add-on bodies arranged upstream of a leading edge of the aerodynamic lift body. The add-on bodies include an aerodynamically effective surface and are equipped with incoming airflow to generate vortices that impinge on the aerodynamic lift body, thus leading to an increase in lift on the aerodynamic lift body. Thus the lift generation on a lift body is effectively influenced, in particular to compensate for loss of lift as a result of icing. The add-on bodies are moveable, and, can be moved to a neutral position in which they do not project into the flow around the aircraft, and are thus not effective from the point of view of fluid dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Weber, Markus Fischer, Arne Grote, Rolf Radespiel, Martin Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20120043428
    Abstract: An aerodynamic body of an aircraft with an air outlet opening and an air intake opening that communicates with the air outlet opening via an air conduit is described. A flow delivery driver device for influencing the flow within the air conduit is integrated into the air conduit. The surfaces of the aerodynamic body in the body chord direction include at least one air outlet opening in the front region of the aerodynamic body, and at least one air intake opening on the upper surface of the aerodynamic body and in the rear region of the aerodynamic body and/or on the upper surface of the aerodynamic body in the trailing edge region and/or on the lower surface of the aerodynamic body in the trailing edge region. Arrangements of a main wing and an adjustable flap, and an aircraft with such an aerodynamic body are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Burkhard Goelling, Heinz Hansen, Rolf Radespiel, Christoph Jensch, Kai-Christoph Pfingsten, Klaus-Peter Neitzke