Patents by Inventor Tobias BODEMANN

Tobias BODEMANN 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).

  • Flexbeam unit for a bearingless or a hinge- and bearingless multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft
    Patent number: 10029784
    Abstract: A flexbeam unit for a multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, said flexbeam unit defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades, at least one torsion element comprising a flexbeam element having an associated longitudinal direction and comprising inner layers of a first fiber reinforced material that are embedded between outer layers of a second fiber reinforced material, said outer layers being composed of main plies comprising unidirectional fibers and said inner layers defining a cross section profile center in said associated longitudinal direction, said cross section profile center being composed of interconnected bias plies comprising fibers that are oriented transversely relative to said unidirectional fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rupert Pfaller, Martin Schulz, Tobias Bodemann
  • FLEXBEAM UNIT FOR A BEARINGLESS OR A HINGE- AND BEARINGLESS MULTI-BLADE ROTOR OF A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150203198
    Abstract: A flexbeam unit for a multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, said flexbeam unit defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades, at least one torsion element comprising a flexbeam element having an associated longitudinal direction and comprising inner layers of a first fiber reinforced material that are embedded between outer layers of a second fiber reinforced material, said outer layers being composed of main plies comprising unidirectional fibers and said inner layers defining a cross section profile center in said associated longitudinal direction, said cross section profile center being composed of interconnected bias plies comprising fibers that are oriented transversely relative to said unidirectional fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Rupert PFALLER, Martin SCHULZ, Tobias BODEMANN