Patents by Inventor Stefan Probst

Stefan Probst 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: 11220347
    Abstract: A modular subfloor system comprises first longitudinal structural frames, lateral regions, and a modular tank system that is connected to the first longitudinal structural frames. The modular tank system comprises a bottom shell, an upper panel, second longitudinal structural frames arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel and transversal structural frames that are arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel. The transversal structural frames and the second longitudinal structural frames form compartments. The modular tank system further comprises tank bladders arranged in at least some of the compartments and sealing elements that seal the upper panel, the bottom shell, and the at least some of the compartments of the modular tank system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Gottfried Huebner, Stefan Probst, Frank Loeser, Robert Seiler
  • Patent number: 10807697
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft comprising a fuselage tail boom, a tail cone and an interface frame, the interface frame in turn having a connecting structure directly attached to the tail cone by means of a tail cone mechanical connection and a connecting sleeve fitting axially the fuselage tail boom, the connecting sleeve and the fuselage tail boom being directly attached by means of a one boom mechanical connection; the interface frame thereby joining the fuselage tail boom and the tail cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Philipp Walch, Marc Nothen, Christian Buxel, Romed Schweizer, Thomas Wuerfl
  • Patent number: 10683087
    Abstract: A shrouded rotor assembly for an aircraft. The shrouded rotor assembly comprises a stator hollow structure comprises formed from a plurality of composite angular segments. Each composite angular segment includes: a core arched section of a central hub casing, a peripheral rim section of an external hollow duct and a pair of angularly opposed sliced portions, respectively for one of a pair of guide vanes. The resulting stator hollow structure is a unitary one-piece, integrating together continuously the composite angular segments. The invention typically applies e.g. to aircrafts such as rotary wing aircrafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Marc Nothen, Christian Wehle
  • Patent number: 10655276
    Abstract: A method produces or machines a roller which is suitable to be used in a machine for producing or processing a fibrous web. The roller contains a roller core and at least one functional layer. The method is characterized in that the method includes the application of a functional layer. The application of the functional layer is performed by applying a coating substrate to the surface of a roller core. The application takes place simultaneously over at least half the roller width, preferably over 75% of the roller width, particularly preferably over the entire roller width. The entire applied coating substrate or parts thereof are hardened, forming a solidified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wesley Brooks, Robert Eberhardt, Siegfried Graser, Franz Grohmann, Ting Liu, Ralf Moser, Stefan Probst-Schendzielorz, Matthias Schmitt, Michael Wokurek
  • Publication number: 20190389592
    Abstract: A modular subfloor system comprises first longitudinal structural frames, lateral regions, and a modular tank system that is connected to the first longitudinal structural frames. The modular tank system comprises a bottom shell, an upper panel, second longitudinal structural frames arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel and transversal structural frames that are arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel. The transversal structural frames and the second longitudinal structural frames form compartments. The modular tank system further comprises tank bladders arranged in at least some of the compartments and sealing elements that seal the upper panel, the bottom shell, and the at least some of the compartments of the modular tank system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Gottfried HUEBNER, Stefan PROBST, Frank LOESER, Robert SEILER
  • Publication number: 20190016452
    Abstract: A shrouded rotor assembly for an aircraft. The shrouded rotor assembly comprises a stator hollow structure comprises formed from a plurality of composite angular segments. Each composite angular segment includes: a core arched section of a central hub casing, a peripheral rim section of an external hollow duct and a pair of angularly opposed sliced portions, respectively for one of a pair of guide vanes. The resulting stator hollow structure is a unitary one-piece, integrating together continuously the composite angular segments. The invention typically applies e.g. to aircrafts such as rotary wing aircrafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan PROBST, Marc NOTHEN, Christian WEHLE
  • Patent number: 10035590
    Abstract: A shrouded rotor assembly for an aircraft. The shrouded rotor assembly comprises a stator hollow structure comprises formed from a plurality of composite angular segments. Each composite angular segment includes: a core arched section of a central hub casing, a peripheral rim section of an external hollow duct and a pair of angularly opposed sliced portions, respectively for one of a pair of guide vanes. The resulting stator hollow structure is a unitary one-piece, integrating together continuously the composite angular segments. The invention typically applies e.g. to aircrafts such as rotary wing aircrafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Marc Nothen, Christian Wehle
  • Patent number: 10005538
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a rear opening and a rear door to close such rear opening, wherein the rear door is attached to the fuselage of the aircraft by means of an arrangement having two links due to which the rear door can be displaced longitudinally and in elevation up to a position at the interior of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Wolfgang Huenecke, Frank Loeser, Johannes Frese, Sebastian Mores, Michael Matt
  • Patent number: 9963226
    Abstract: A tail assembly for a rotorcraft. The tail assembly is manufactured to include at least one transition structure provided in the tail assembly. The transition structure is longitudinally arranged between a longitudinal median boom portion and a tail fin. A power transmission shaft of the rotorcraft extends at least partly externally above a longitudinal median boom portion of the tail assembly. The transition structure includes at an entering region a cut-out elevation step, where is made a passing through opening for the power transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wehle, Justus Steger, Marc Nothen, Stefan Probst, Antonia Horstmann
  • Patent number: 9906050
    Abstract: A method for setting energy supply parameters of a field device electrical current supply module. The field device electrical current supply module is connected, in such case, exclusively to one field device. The connected field device can be supplied electrical energy by the field device electrical current supply module. In the method, a field device type of the connected field device is identified first by the field device electrical current supply module. Then, a parameter setting of at least one energy supply parameter of the field device electrical current supply module is automatically read out from a database and this is loaded into the field device electrical current supply module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG
    Inventors: Christian Seiler, Marc Fiedler, Stefan Probst
  • Patent number: 9873512
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage that comprises a framework structure having at least one hollow frame that is integrally formed in one piece and comprises fiber reinforced polymers, the at least one hollow frame defining an integrated ventilation air duct that is adapted for guiding ventilation air into the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Mores, Johann Barnerssoi, Stefan Probst, Marco Schneeberger, Hartmut Jutt
  • Publication number: 20170327200
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft comprising a fuselage tail boom, a tail cone and an interface frame, the interface frame in turn having a connecting structure directly attached to the tail cone by means of a tail cone mechanical connection and a connecting sleeve fitting axially the fuselage tail boom, the connecting sleeve and the fuselage tail boom being directly attached by means of a one boom mechanical connection; the interface frame thereby joining the fuselage tail boom and the tail cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan PROBST, Philipp WALCH, Marc NOTHEN, Christian BUXEL, Romed SCHWEIZER, Thomas WUERFL
  • Publication number: 20170247838
    Abstract: A method produces or machines a roller which is suitable to be used in a machine for producing or processing a fibrous web. The roller contains a roller core and at least one functional layer. The method is characterized in that the method includes the application of a functional layer. The application of the functional layer is performed by applying a coating substrate to the surface of a roller core. The application takes place simultaneously over at least half the roller width, preferably over 75% of the roller width, particularly preferably over the entire roller width. The entire applied coating substrate or parts thereof are hardened, forming a solidified structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: WESLEY BROOKS, ROBERT EBERHARDT, SIEGFRIED GRASER, FRANZ GROHMANN, TING LIU, RALF MOSER, STEFAN PROBST-SCHENDZIELORZ, MATTHIAS SCHMITT, MICHAEL WOKUREK
  • Patent number: 9731831
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage that accommodates at least one air breathing propulsion engine, the fuselage having a maximum fuselage width determined in the region of the at least one air breathing propulsion engine and comprising at least one front fuselage cowling and at least one rear fuselage cowling that are each covering the at least one air breathing propulsion engine at least partly, the at least one front and rear fuselage cowlings being spaced apart from each other in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the at least one air breathing propulsion engine by a predetermined cowling offset to define a dynamic air intake through which an intake air stream is supplied to the at least one air breathing propulsion engine in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Mores, Frank Loeser, Stefan Probst, Michael Matt
  • Patent number: 9475578
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a tail rotor in a rotor duct of a shroud. A bumper projects from a lower transition region of said shroud, said lower transition region having a left hand and a right hand lower transition edge between respectively the left hand and the right hand annular surface around the rotor duct and the bumper. Upper leading edges of a vertical fin and of said shroud are provided with left hand and right hand trailing edges. A projection of the upper transition edge to an upright longitudinal plane is defined by a spline curve through points Pi (i=1 . . . 5) and a projection of the lower transition edge to the plane is defined by a spline curve through points Pi (i=6 . . . 10) defined by their respective coordinates (xi, zi) relative to a centre of the shrouded tail rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Mores, Alessandro D'Alascio, Rainer Grodau, Qinyin Zhang, Christian Wehle, Stefan Probst
  • Patent number: 9438047
    Abstract: A method for monitoring charge level or remaining capacity of a battery pack, a disposable battery or a rechargeable battery, which is used to supply energy for an automation technology, field device having a data storage unit associated with the battery pack, disposable battery or rechargeable battery. Specific information about the battery pack, disposable battery or rechargeable battery is stored in the data storage unit and process-specific and operation-specific information about energy consumption is written to the data storage unit. In the case of the battery pack, disposable battery or rechargeable battery being used in a second automation technology field device, remaining service life of the battery pack, the disposable battery or the rechargeable battery is calculated and output on the basis of the process- and operation-specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER PROCESS SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Werner Thoren, Christian Seiler, Stefan Probst, Ingo Laible
  • Publication number: 20160251080
    Abstract: A tail assembly for a rotorcraft. The tail assembly is manufactured to include at least one transition structure provided in the tail assembly. The transition structure is longitudinally arranged between a longitudinal median boom portion and a tail fin. A power transmission shaft of the rotorcraft extends at least partly externally above a longitudinal median boom portion of the tail assembly. The transition structure includes at an entering region a cut-out elevation step, where is made a passing through opening for the power transmission shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Christian WEHLE, Justus STEGER, Marc NOTHEN, Stefan PROBST, Antonia HORSTMANN
  • Publication number: 20160214701
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a rear opening and a rear door to close such rear opening, wherein the rear door is attached to the fuselage of the aircraft by means of an arrangement having two links due to which the rear door can be displaced longitudinally and in elevation up to a position at the interior of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan PROBST, Wolfgang HUENECKE, Frank LOESER, Johannes FRESE, Sebastian MORES, Michael MATT
  • Patent number: 9381995
    Abstract: A pitch stabilizer with box configuration suitable for providing stability to a rotorcraft comprising a vertical mid-plane and a fuselage; the pitch stabilizer comprising one or two pitch stabilizing assemblies, with no more than one pitch stabilizing assembly on each side of the vertical mid-plane, wherein each pitch stabilizing assembly comprises upper pitch stabilizing means, lower pitch stabilizing means and a wing tip element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Mores, Alessandro D'Alascio, Uwe Kiesewetter, Stefan Probst, Christian Wehle, Marius Bebesel
  • Patent number: 9338914
    Abstract: An apparatus having an electronics unit and a battery unit for energy supply of the electronics unit, wherein the battery unit has a first formed part, and wherein the electronics unit has a second formed part. The first and second formed parts are connectable with one another, wherein, by orienting, especially by rotating, the first formed part, respectively the second formed part, the first formed part and the second formed part are connectable with one another in different installed positions, and wherein the energy supply of the electronics unit occurs from the battery unit as a function of the installed position, in which the first formed part is connected with the second formed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER PROCESS SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Christian Seiler, Marc Fiedler, Stefan Probst, Uwe Mannbar, Werner Thoren