Patents by Inventor Thomas Sobotta

Thomas Sobotta 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: 20160363157
    Abstract: A connection system for connecting two components, particularly two components of an aircraft, by a threaded joint, includes a clamping screw locked with a nut. A clamping screw for use in such a connection system and a method for connecting two components are also described. The clamping screw includes an axial borehole with an internal thread to receive a securing pin, an external thread for connection to the nut and a counter bearing for locking the nut. The clamping screw is designed such that is elastically deformable in the radially inward direction in the area of the counter bearing, and in this area has a greater radial extension than in the remaining area of the clamping screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Sobotta
  • Patent number: 9102409
    Abstract: A stowable table device for a foldable seat, the seat including a first mobile portion defining a seating portion and a second portion defining the back, the mobile portion having a first folded position and a second unfolded position. The stowable table includes a plate. The device further includes an arm movably attached to the seat by one end thereof, and a linking part movably attached to the arm by the other end thereof and to the plate so that, in a stowed position, the plate is substantially located against a first surface of the mobile part of the seat independently from the position of the mobile part, and in an unfolded position, the structure is located opposite a second surface of the mobile part of the seat and substantially parallel to the second surface, the first and second surfaces of the mobile part of the sheet being substantially parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS
    Inventors: Arnaud Weil, Thomas Sobotta
  • Publication number: 20110011979
    Abstract: A stowable table device for a foldable seat, the seat including a first mobile portion defining a seating portion and a second portion defining the back, the mobile portion having a first folded position and a second unfolded position. The stowable table includes a plate. The device further includes an arm movably attached to the seat by one end thereof, and a linking part movably attached to the arm by the other end thereof and to the plate so that, in a stowed position, the plate is substantially located against a first surface of the mobile part of the seat independently from the position of the mobile part, and in an unfolded position, the structure is located opposite a second surface of the mobile part of the seat and substantially parallel to the second surface, the first and second surfaces of the mobile part of the sheet being substantially parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS
    Inventors: Arnaud Weil, Thomas Sobotta