Patents by Inventor Ulrich RIST

Ulrich RIST 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).

  • Aerodynamic body, regulating flap or main wing or fin of an aircraft as well as a structural component with such an aerodynamic body
    Patent number: 8757556
    Abstract: An aerodynamic body with an aerodynamic body surface that creates a contoured surface for a fluid to stream around, with a device to influence the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface. The flow-influencing device includes a passage to link the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface with an actuator space of an aspirating and purging device situated in the aerodynamic body, and an indentation that is situated next to the passage, which is formed by a recessed section of the aerodynamic surface on a flow-influencing region within the contoured surface of the aerodynamic surface, so that a boundary wall is configured as part of the recessed surface lying opposite the indentation. The aspirating and purging device can generate a swirl in the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface, the rotational axis of which is directed along the assumed aerodynamic body chord direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Rist, Andreas Knoll
  • AERODYNAMIC BODY, REGULATING FLAP OR MAIN WING OR FIN OF AN AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT WITH SUCH AN AERODYNAMIC BODY
    Publication number: 20120223190
    Abstract: An aerodynamic body with an aerodynamic body surface that creates a contoured surface for a fluid to stream around, with a device to influence the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface. The flow-influencing device includes a passage to link the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface with an actuator space of an aspirating and purging device situated in the aerodynamic body, and an indentation that is situated next to the passage, which is formed by a recessed section of the aerodynamic surface on a flow-influencing region within the contoured surface of the aerodynamic surface, so that a boundary wall is configured as part of the recessed surface lying opposite the indentation. The aspirating and purging device can generate a swirl in the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface, the rotational axis of which is directed along the assumed aerodynamic body chord direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich RIST, Andreas KNOLL