Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Rombs

Wilhelm Rombs 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: 11597497
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft with an outer wall part curved in a streamlined manner around an interior compartment and having an inner surface pointing toward the interior compartment and an outer surface provided for contact with the external surrounding flow. The outer wall part has a first outer wall section extending from a leading edge point in an incident flow direction in a convexly curved manner in the direction of a first side. The outer wall part has a second outer wall section which extends from the leading edge point in the incident flow direction in a convexly curved in the direction of a second side. An inner wall part is arranged in the interior compartment opposite the inner surface of the outer wall part and extends from the first outer wall section to the second outer wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Guido Kuhlmann, Hubert Temmen, René Schröder, Wilhelm Rombs
  • Patent number: 8920086
    Abstract: Disclosed is a taper bolt connection including a taper bolt received in a taper bush, a fastening nut and a washer, the taper bush having a continuous longitudinal slot, and the taper bush being capable of being spread open uniformly in the radial direction by means of a fastening nut screwable onto the taper bolt. Since the taper bolt and/or the taper bush have/has, at least in regions, an at least Teflon-containing coating, tribochemical processes between the taper bush wedge surface and the taper bolt wedge surface are largely avoided, so that the taper bolt connection can be released again without great effort even after a long period of connection. Furthermore disclosed is the use of the taper bolt connection for connecting a rudder unit to a carrying structure of a fuselage cell of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Stecher, Wilhelm Rombs
  • Publication number: 20090285654
    Abstract: Disclosed is a taper bolt connection including a taper bolt received in a taper bush, a fastening nut and a washer, the taper bush having a continuous longitudinal slot, and the taper bush being capable of being spread open uniformly in the radial direction by means of a fastening nut screwable onto the taper bolt. Since the taper bolt and/or the taper bush have/has, at least in regions, an at least Teflon-containing coating, tribochemical processes between the taper bush wedge surface and the taper bolt wedge surface are largely avoided, so that the taper bolt connection can be released again without great effort even after a long period of connection. Furthermore disclosed is the use of the taper bolt connection for connecting a rudder unit to a carrying structure of a fuselage cell of an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Gerhard Stecher, Wilhelm Rombs