Patents by Inventor Thomas Hoffmeister

Thomas Hoffmeister 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).

  • Publication number: 20240375761
    Abstract: A transition for a sidewall and a monument in an aircraft. The transition comprises a transition wall bridging a gap between the sidewall and the monument, a side fitting arranged at a side edge of the transition wall facing the sidewall, the side fitting being configured to overlap and/or mate the sidewall, and a mount attached to the transition wall and configured to be mounted to the monument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Benedikt KIRCHER, Dirk HUMFELDT, Thomas HOFFMEISTER, Dirk FRITSCHE
  • Publication number: 20240375772
    Abstract: An interior aircraft section having a cover for a gap between a lining and a monument. The cover comprises a basic body, at least one mounting end configured to be fixedly mounted to the monument, and a connector configured to fixedly mount the basic body to the lining. The connector is arranged in an area of the basic body overlapping the lining. Also, an aircraft having such interior aircraft section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk HUMFELDT, Benedikt KIRCHER, Thomas HOFFMEISTER, Dirk FRITSCHE
  • Publication number: 20240327001
    Abstract: A lightweight overhead stowage compartment comprising a self-supporting hull having an open cross-section forming a stowage space and an opening to the stowage space, wherein in a longitudinal direction of the self-supporting hull any section of the self-supporting hull has an open end in the front and rear. The stowage compartment includes a vertical connector configured to be placed into the stowage space, wherein the vertical connector is mounted to the self-supporting hull at vertical sides of the vertical connector in a force transferring manner. At least one lid is mounted at an arbitrary section of the self-supporting hull and configured to close the opening to the stowage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Felix HELFRICH, Benedikt KIRCHER, Thomas HOFFMEISTER
  • Patent number: 11554383
    Abstract: A system for lacquer transfer is disclose having a device for lacquer transfer. The device includes a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer. The slit nozzle is connected to the frame. An outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably to the frame. The slit nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hoffmeister, Pierre Zahlen
  • Publication number: 20220219195
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer with a frame, transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and nozzle for dispensing lacquer, the nozzle connected to the frame, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to the frame, the nozzle arranged for dispensing lacquer into depressions while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring lacquer from the depressions to the work surface, the depressions formed and distributed over the outside contact surface in a predefined pattern having a main orientation direction. Efficiency of lacquer transfer can be increased as the pattern is arranged such that the main orientation direction extends other than perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the transfer roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre ZAHLEN, Thomas Hoffmeister
  • Publication number: 20210252547
    Abstract: A system for lacquer transfer is disclose having a device for lacquer transfer. The device includes a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer. The slit nozzle is connected to the frame. An outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably to the frame. The slit nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOFFMEISTER, Pierre ZAHLEN
  • Patent number: 10661507
    Abstract: An assembly, configured in particular in the form of an aircraft assembly, comprises a plurality of individual components composed of a fibre-reinforced composite material. An edge section of at least one individual component is sealed by means of a sealing tape which contains reinforcing fibres and a curable plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexei Vichniakov, Mohamed-Mourad Sayeh, Tassilo Witte, Thomas Hoffmeister
  • Patent number: 10611467
    Abstract: A method for producing a smooth aerodynamic surface of an aircraft component is depicted and described. The method includes: provision of an aircraft component with an aerodynamic surface, which has an uneven section, introduction of a liquid or viscous, uncured sealing compound into the uneven section, introduction of a solid, precured sealing body into the uneven section in such a way that the sealing body presses into the sealing compound until the sealing compound at least partially surrounds the sealing body, curing of the sealing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hoffmeister, Joachim Piepenbrock, Alexander Engels
  • Patent number: 10384759
    Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft fuselage having a skin element, with a first surface and a second surface, a circumferential edge and a center axis, and a reinforcement assembly, which has radially disposed reinforcement elements extending along the first surface radially between an outer end at the edge of the skin element and an inner end, which faces the center axis, wherein, in a cross section, which extends radially along the center axis, each of the radially disposed reinforcement elements defines first and second contour lines, each extending from the outer end of the radially disposed reinforcement elements to the inner end thereof, and the reinforcement assembly resting with the first contour lines thereof on the first surface of the skin element. A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft fuselage can efficiently absorb occurring pressure loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ichwan Zuardy, Thomas Hoffmeister, Axel Siegfried Herrmann, Markus Müller
  • Patent number: 10193415
    Abstract: An electric machine arrangement for a motor vehicle drivetrain, having a machine housing which can be fixed to a drivetrain housing, a stator which is fixed relative to the machine housing, a rotor which is mounted, concentrically with respect to the stator, within the machine housing and which has a rotor axis, wherein an air gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. Here, the rotor has a rotary bearing section which is mounted, with a radial clearance, rotatably relative to a housing bearing section of the machine housing, wherein the radial clearance is smaller than the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Harald Ihben, Holger Berg, Mark Schweiher, Thomas Hoffmeister
  • Patent number: 10144170
    Abstract: A device for shaping a semi-finished fiber product for manufacturing a C-shaped or I-shaped former, and including clamping mechanisms and a forming tool. Each clamping mechanism has a first and a second clamping element and together they hold a semi-finished fiber product along two longitudinal and opposite edges. The clamping elements and forming tool move in a coupled manner between starting and end positions. During this movement, the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product are transformed into a curved shape, wherein a length of one of the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product does not change and a length of the other longitudinal edge becomes greater. During the movement, the forming tool is transformed into a curved shape and guided relative to the clamping elements against the semi-finished fiber product such that the semi-finished fiber product is deep drawn over the forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Kupski, Thomas Hoffmeister
  • Patent number: 10119539
    Abstract: An internal-gear pump has a housing which has a first fluid port and a second fluid port. An inner rotor is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable about an inner rotor axis and has an external toothing. An outer rotor is rotatable in the housing about an outer rotor axis and has an internal toothing which, to generate a pump action, engages with the external toothing of the inner rotor. The internal-gear pump furthermore has a ring element which is mounted movably in the housing so as to be pivotable between a first position and a second position. At least a third fluid port is formed on the housing. The third fluid port is arranged relative to the ring element such that, in the first position of the ring element, the third fluid port is connected to the second fluid port. In the second position, said third fluid port is separated from the second fluid port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe—und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Mark Schweiher, Thomas Hoffmeister, Sven Schuster, Holger Berg
  • Publication number: 20180155012
    Abstract: A method for producing a smooth aerodynamic surface of an aircraft component is depicted and described. The method includes: provision of an aircraft component with an aerodynamic surface, which has an uneven section, introduction of a liquid or viscous, uncured sealing compound into the uneven section, introduction of a solid, precured sealing body into the uneven section in such a way that the sealing body presses into the sealing compound until the sealing compound at least partially surrounds the sealing body, curing of the sealing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hoffmeister, Joachim Piepenbrock, Alexander Engels
  • Patent number: 9939031
    Abstract: Hybrid automotive transmission arrangement with a gear transmission for establishing at least one transmission ratio between a transmission input and a transmission output, wherein the gear transmission has a gear set with a coupling gear. An electric machine has a machine output shaft with a drive gear, which is coupled directly or via a coupling gear set to the coupling gear of the transmission gear set so that a power transmission pathway is established from the machine output shaft to the coupling gear. A slip clutch is arranged in the power transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GETRAG GETRIEBE-UND ZAHNRADFRABRIK HERMANN HAGENMEYER GMBH & CIE KG
    Inventors: Mark Schweiher, Thomas Hoffmeister, Harald Ihben
  • Patent number: 9834083
    Abstract: A drive train for a motor vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine which has a crankshaft and is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle. A clutch arrangement has an input member and at least one output member, the input member being connected to the crankshaft. A transmission arrangement implements a plurality of gear stages, the transmission arrangement having a transmission housing, at least one input shaft, and at least one output shaft. The output shaft is connectable to driven wheels of the motor vehicle. An electric machine is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle and is connected to a transmission shaft of the transmission arrangement. The transmission shaft has a shaft section which extends from the transmission housing and is connected to the electric machine via a traction drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe—und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Jörg Meissner, Thomas Hoffmeister, Harald Ihben, Philipp Knöpfle
  • Patent number: 9726231
    Abstract: A hybrid drivetrain having an internal combustion engine which is designed for a maximum internal combustion engine rotational speed; a dual-clutch arrangement which has a first friction clutch and a second friction clutch with a common input element and in each case one output element; a transmission arrangement which has a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission; an electric machine connected to the output element of the second friction clutch via a machine transmission ratio (iM), in such a way that a purely electric driving mode can be established via the second sub-transmission. The electric machine is designed for a maximum machine rotational speed. The maximum machine rotational speed divided by the machine transmission ratio is greater than the maximum internal combustion engine rotational speed. The output element of the second friction clutch is structurally designed for the maximum machine rotational speed divided by the machine transmission ratio (iM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Thomas Hoffmeister, Hansi Gremplini
  • Publication number: 20170137107
    Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft fuselage having a skin element, with a first surface and a second surface, a circumferential edge and a center axis, and a reinforcement assembly, which has radially disposed reinforcement elements extending along the first surface radially between an outer end at the edge of the skin element and an inner end, which faces the center axis, wherein, in a cross section, which extends radially along the center axis, each of the radially disposed reinforcement elements defines first and second contour lines, each extending from the outer end of the radially disposed reinforcement elements to the inner end thereof, and the reinforcement assembly resting with the first contour lines thereof on the first surface of the skin element. A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft fuselage can efficiently absorb occurring pressure loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Ichwan Zuardy, Thomas Hoffmeister, Axel Siegfried Herrmann, Markus Müller
  • Patent number: 9592640
    Abstract: A curing tool for a shell component, includes a first tool component, which is a polyhedron and has a wedge-shaped bevel forming a first sheared edge on a first side edge, and a second tool component, which is a polyhedron, has a wedge-shaped bevel forming a second sheared edge on a first side edge and has a first corner bevel on a second side edge diagonally opposite the first side edge. The wedge angles of the first and the second sheared edge are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hoffmeister, Markus Mueller, M. Ichwan Zuardy
  • Publication number: 20160375626
    Abstract: A device for shaping a semi-finished fiber product for manufacturing a C-shaped or I-shaped former, and including clamping mechanisms and a forming tool. Each clamping mechanism has a first and a second clamping element and together they hold a semi-finished fiber product along two longitudinal and opposite edges. The clamping elements and forming tool move in a coupled manner between starting and end positions. During this movement, the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product are transformed into a curved shape, wherein a length of one of the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product does not change and a length of the other longitudinal edge becomes greater. During the movement, the forming tool is transformed into a curved shape and guided relative to the clamping elements against the semi-finished fiber product such that the semi-finished fiber product is deep drawn over the forming tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Julian KUPSKI, Thomas HOFFMEISTER
  • Publication number: 20160301281
    Abstract: An electric machine arrangement for a motor vehicle drivetrain, having a machine housing which can be fixed to a drivetrain housing, a stator which is fixed relative to the machine housing, a rotor which is mounted, concentrically with respect to the stator, within the machine housing and which has a rotor axis, wherein an air gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. Here, the rotor has a rotary bearing section which is mounted, with a radial clearance, rotatably relative to a housing bearing section of the machine housing, wherein the radial clearance is smaller than the air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Harald Ihben, Holger Berg, Mark Schweiher, Thomas Hoffmeister