Patents by Inventor Volker Piezunka

Volker Piezunka 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).

  • Patent number: 11584514
    Abstract: An airfoil for flow control is disclosed having an outer skin in contact with an ambient air flow, wherein the outer skin extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge with two opposite lateral sides, and surrounds an interior space. The outer skin comprises a porous section in the area of the leading edge, a pressure chamber arranged in the interior space and fluidly connected to the porous section, an air inlet fluidly connected to the pressure chamber, and an air outlet fluidly connected to the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Heuer, Volker Piezunka
  • Publication number: 20200369376
    Abstract: An airfoil for flow control is disclosed having an outer skin in contact with an ambient air flow, wherein the outer skin extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge with two opposite lateral sides, and surrounds an interior space. The outer skin comprises a porous section in the area of the leading edge, a pressure chamber arranged in the interior space and fluidly connected to the porous section, an air inlet fluidly connected to the pressure chamber, and an air outlet fluidly connected to the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas HEUER, Volker PIEZUNKA
  • Patent number: 9290275
    Abstract: An aircraft featuring: a fuselage with a fuselage section, an energy supply device, at least two supporting devices that are arranged on the fuselage section and serve for fastening the energy supply device, a mounting device for mounting an energy supply device on a structural component of an aircraft and an aircraft with a mounting device, as well as to a mounting device for mounting an energy supply device on a structural component of an aircraft and to an aircraft with a mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Volker Piezunka
  • Patent number: 9028990
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fuel cell system for supplying emergency power to an aircraft, includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, and a power distribution unit. This provides for an emergency power supply for aircraft that is reliable, independent of the outside air, and has low maintenance needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Gans, Ralf-Henning Stolte, Volker Piezunka
  • Patent number: 8608106
    Abstract: An aircraft cooling system (10) comprises a cooling element (12), which comprises a housing (14), a cooling air inlet (18) formed in the housing (14) and a plurality of heat exchangers (32, 34, 36, 38), which are disposed on lateral surfaces (24, 26, 28, 30) of the housing (14) and through which cooling air supplied through the cooling air inlet (18) may flow. A cooling air supply channel (40, 40?) connects a cooling air supply opening (44, 44?) formed in a tail section of an aircraft to the cooling air inlet (18) of the cooling element (12). A cooling air outlet channel (46) connects the heat exchangers (32, 34, 36, 38) of the cooling element (12) to a cooling air discharge opening (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Torben Baumgardt, Ralf-Henning Stolte, Volker Piezunka, Uwe Wollrab
  • Publication number: 20110049291
    Abstract: An aircraft featuring: a fuselage with a fuselage section, an energy supply device, at least two supporting devices that are arranged on the fuselage section and serve for fastening the energy supply device, a mounting device for mounting an energy supply device on a structural component of an aircraft and an aircraft with a mounting device, as well as to a mounting device for mounting an energy supply device on a structural component of an aircraft and to an aircraft with a mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Piezunka
  • Publication number: 20110017426
    Abstract: An aircraft cooling system (10) comprises a cooling element (12), which comprises a housing (14), a cooling air inlet (18) formed in the housing (14) and a plurality of heat exchangers (32, 34, 36, 38), which are disposed on lateral surfaces (24, 26, 28, 30) of the housing (14) and through which cooling air supplied through the cooling air inlet (18) may flow. A cooling air supply channel (40, 40?) connects a cooling air supply opening (44, 44?) formed in a tail section of an aircraft to the cooling air inlet (18) of the cooling element (12). A cooling air outlet channel (46) connects the heat exchangers (32, 34, 36, 38) of the cooling element (12) to a cooling air discharge opening (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Torben Baumgardt, Ralf-Henning Stolte, Volker Piezunka, Uwe Wollrab
  • Publication number: 20080210812
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fuel cell system for supplying emergency power to an aircraft, includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, and a power distribution unit. This provides for an emergency power supply for aircraft that is reliable, independent of the outside air, and has low maintenance needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hubert Gans, Ralf-Henning Stolte, Volker Piezunka