Patents by Inventor Thomas Meer

Thomas Meer 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: 20140209232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection arrangement (30b) for connecting two profiled elements (32, 34) in a seamless and aerodynamically smooth manner in order to form a profiled surface around which a laminar flow is possible. A first profiled element (32) has a first fixing strip that extends towards the second profiled element (34), and the surface (44) of the first fixing strip is lower than the surfaces of the profiled elements (32, 34) in the outward direction. Furthermore, the second profiled element (34) has a second fixing strip (44) which is molded on the inside and which is arranged below the first fixing strip (36), and the two profiled elements (32, 34) are rigidly connected to each other by means of the second fixing strip. A filler region that can be found below the connecting surface (55) between the profiled surfaces (32, 34) and above the fixing strip surface (44) is tilled with at least two layers of cured filling material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Tamas Havar, Matthias Geistbeck, Meinhard Meyer, Oliver Rohr, Thomas Meer
  • Publication number: 20110284691
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of connecting a first material to a second material by means of a heat-activatable adhesive material (8) in aircraft construction, wherein the adhesive material (8) is arranged between the first material and the second material and an induction heat which is adequate to activate the adhesive material (8) is generated. The first material and/or the second material and/or the adhesive material (8) have an induction heat-generating means. The induction heat-generating means is a non-woven metallic mesh and/or the induction heat-generating means (53) has an amount of carbon fibers for induction heat generation. The invention further concerns an apparatus comprising a first material and a second material, wherein the first material and the second material have a connection which can be produced by a heat-activatable adhesive material arranged between the first material and the second material, in accordance with the method in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Sabine Wlach (Metzech), Georg Wachinger, Thomas Meer, Christian Lammel