Patents by Inventor Stefan Latzel

Stefan Latzel 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).

  • Method for determining a state of a component in a high lift system of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9701419
    Abstract: A method for determining a state of a component in a high lift system of an aircraft comprises the steps of extending at least one high lift surface, which is coupled with two drive struts, wherein at least one of the two drive struts is a load sensing drive strut, to a first extended position, acquiring a first load sensed by a load sensing drive strut associated with the at least one high lift surface at a first flight state having a first speed, comparing the first load with a known nominal load for the first extended position and the first flight state under consideration of a predetermined threshold, and producing an alarm signal in case the acquired load differs from the nominal load including the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Jan-Arend Van Bruggen, Eugen Neb, Michael Brady, Wolfgang Hartwig, Olivier Criou, Stefan Latzel, Mark Heintjes
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A COMPONENT IN A HIGH LIFT SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20160176539
    Abstract: A method for determining a state of a component in a high lift system of an aircraft comprises the steps of extending at least one high lift surface, which is coupled with two drive struts, wherein at least one of the two drive struts is a load sensing drive strut, to a first extended position, acquiring a first load sensed by a load sensing drive strut associated with the at least one high lift surface at a first flight state having a first speed, comparing the first load with a known nominal load for the first extended position and the first flight state under consideration of a predetermined threshold, and producing an alarm signal in case the acquired load differs from the nominal load including the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jan-Arend Van Bruggen, Eugen Neb, Michael Brady, Wolfgang Hartwig, Olivier Criou, Stefan Latzel, Mark Heintjes