Patents by Inventor Tom Gibson

Tom Gibson 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).

  • Fixed wing of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9555874
    Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
  • FIXED WING OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150321746
    Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
  • Fixed wing of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9056671
    Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
  • FIXED WING OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20130277504
    Abstract: A fixed wing of an aircraft, having a main wing extending over a half-span with a wing box including spars extending along the spanwise direction of the main wing, ribs arranged one in back of the other viewed in the spanwise direction, and an outer skin. The wing box includes a wing box base section (K10) and a wing box adapter section, that forms the outer end area of the wing box, as viewed from the wing root, and is designed to secure a wing tip device. In its nominal state of construction, the dihedral angle of the wing box adapter section referring to the respective local spanwise direction continuously increases by at most 60 degrees from the outer rib of the wing box base section (K10) up to the outermost rib of the wing box adapter section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Gerd Heller, Alexander Buescher, Frank Theurich, Tom Gibson, Michael Karwin, Stephen Powell
  • Engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing
    Patent number: 8336813
    Abstract: According to the invention, the engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing is such that the trailing edge of the rear lower part of the engine pylon is shifted toward the root of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus UK Limited
    Inventors: Cyril Bonnaud, Thierry Fol, Anne Dumoulin, Tom Gibson, Neil Lyons
  • ENGINE PYLON FOR THE SUSPENSION OF A TURBO ENGINE UNDER AN AIRCRAFT WING
    Publication number: 20100051744
    Abstract: According to the invention, the engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing is such that the trailing edge of the rear lower part of the engine pylon is shifted toward the root of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, AIRBUS UK Limited
    Inventors: Cyril BONNAUD, Thierry Fol, Anne Dumoulin, Tom Gibson, Neil Lyons