Patents by Inventor Tanja Menken

Tanja Menken 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).

  • Shell segment for producing a fuselage cell section for a fuselage cell of an airplane
    Patent number: 8800928
    Abstract: The invention concerns a shell segment for the purpose of manufacturing a fuselage cell section for a fuselage cell of an aeroplane, with at least one skin field and with a multiplicity of longitudinal stiffeners arranged thereon, in particular stringers, and also at least one transverse stiffening element running transverse to the longitudinal stiffeners, in particular at least one frame. In that the connection of the at least one transverse stiffening element to the at least one skin field is undertaken with at least one connecting bracket wherein the at least one connecting bracket has at least one corrugation, the supporting brackets for purposes of absorbing tilting moments of the frames, in forms of embodiment of shell segments of prior known art, can be omitted. By this means a considerable weight reduction is possible with, at the same time, a reduced production effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Roming, Hansjörg Horneber, Thorsten Schröer, Tobias Wirtz, Klaus Edelmann, Tanja Menken (Frese)
  • SHELL SEGMENT FOR PRODUCING A FUSELAGE CELL SECTION FOR A FUSELAGE CELL OF AN AIRPLANE
    Publication number: 20120132756
    Abstract: The invention concerns a shell segment for the purpose of manufacturing a fuselage cell section for a fuselage cell of an aeroplane, with at least one skin field and with a multiplicity of longitudinal stiffeners arranged thereon, in particular stringers, and also at least one transverse stiffening element running transverse to the longitudinal stiffeners, in particular at least one frame. In that the connection of the at least one transverse stiffening element to the at least one skin field is undertaken with at least one connecting bracket wherein the at least one connecting bracket has at least one corrugation, the supporting brackets for purposes of absorbing tilting moments of the frames, in forms of embodiment of shell segments of prior known art, can be omitted. By this means a considerable weight reduction is possible with, at the same time, a reduced production effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Roming, Hansjörg Horneber, Thorsten Schröer, Tobias Wirtz, Klaus Edelmann, Tanja Menken