AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140321944 | GUIDING DEVICE WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE INTERPOSED BETWEEN A DEVICE FOR FIXING COMPONENTS OF AN ASSEMBLY, AND A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING THE FIXING DEVICE - An assembly comprising at least two non-metal components which are fixed to each other using at least one fixing system. The fixing system includes a fixing device with a fixing element which is provided with a head and a rod, and a crimping ring which is in contact with one of the components. A protection device is a part of the fixing system which delimits a cavity for confining gas around a portion of the device comprising the crimping ring. In order to improve the repeatability of the operation for positioning the protection device, a guiding device is provided which includes an assembly element on the portion of the fixing device, and an element for guiding the protection device. | 10-30-2014 |
20140230993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A FIBRE REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - An apparatus for fabricating a fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite structure is described. The apparatus comprises a localised heat source arranged to heat a portion of a stack of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material layers and an ultrasonic transducer arranged to locally introduce ultrasonic energy waves to the heated portion of the fibre reinforced thermoplastic material layers. The apparatus makes it possible to achieve ultrasonic consolidation of the layers occurs. | 08-21-2014 |
20120247597 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN AIR LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM TO A SLEEVE THAT ENVELOPS A PRESSURIZED AIR HOSE OF AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft includes a hose that makes it possible to channel the pressurized air that is used in a sleeve ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120043415 | BOND LEAD - A bonding lead comprising a core; and a sheath bonded to the core. The core comprises a substrate of fibres coated with nano-objects with at least one dimension between 1 nm and 200 nm. The nano-objects form a continuous electrically conductive network from one end of the bonding lead to the other with some of the nano-objects coating the fibres and others forming bridges between adjacent fibres. The nano-objects may be carbon nanotubes and the core may be woven or knitted. A conductive connector is provided at each end of the bonding lead, for instance a tab formed from an electrically conductive polymer. The lead can be used to dissipate static charge and/or lightning current between components, typically within an aircraft fuel tank. | 02-23-2012 |
20110297796 | VANE HAVING A REGULATING FLAP AND A GAP COVERING DEVICE AND AN ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR A GAP COVERING DEVICE - A wing, having an adjustable flap that can be moved between a retracted and an extended setting is provided, as well as a gap-covering device, with an adjustment lever and a gap-covering flap arranged on the latter with a flow surface. The adjustment lever with the gap-covering flap is pre-loaded by means of a pre-loading device into a first setting, in which the gap-covering flap is located in the interior of the wing. The adjustable flap and the adjustment lever with the gap-covering flap are mechanically coupled such that as the adjustable flap moves into its retracted setting, a movement of the adjustment lever takes place against the pre-load effected by the pre-loading device, into a second setting. The flow surface of the gap-covering flap in the second setting of the adjustment lever runs between the upper side of the retracted adjustable flap and the wing flow surface. | 12-08-2011 |
20110290933 | AIRCRAFT INCLUDING AN UNDERCARRIAGE MOTOR - The aircraft includes at least one engine suitable for propelling the aircraft in flight, at least one motor of an undercarriage, and automatic means arranged to cause the aircraft to taxi under drive directly from the engine, while simultaneously using the motor for taxiing, other than during takeoff or landing. | 12-01-2011 |
20110256042 | FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fuel system includes a fuel tank, a vent tank fluidically connected to the fuel tank ullage, the vent tank having a duct open to the ambient atmosphere and the interior of the vent tank, and a catalyst disposed in the duct, wherein the catalyst is adapted to deplete one or more reactive components of gas flowing through the duct by catalytic reaction. Also, a method for depleting one or more reactive components of gas in the fuel system, includes depleting one or more reactive components of gas flowing through the duct using the catalyst. | 10-20-2011 |
20110065888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A FIBRE REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A method of fabricating a fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite structure comprising: placing a first layer of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material on top of a second layer of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material; providing a local heating source and locally heating a portion of at least the upper layer of thermoplastic composite material; and providing an ultrasonic transducer and locally introducing ultrasonic energy waves to the heated portion of the thermoplastic material such that ultrasonic consolidation of the fibre reinforced thermoplastic occurs. | 03-17-2011 |
20110013486 | SCANNER - An ultrasonic scanner has an encoder contacting a drum containing an array. The scanning assembly can be replaced via a snap fit formation. The encoder and drum are resiliently biased and movable relative to the chassis. The array can also be movable relative to the chassis. | 01-20-2011 |
20100206081 | Ultrasonic testing apparatus - Ultrasonic testing apparatus comprising a base member having an aperture formed therein and a search member arranged to be rotatably received in the aperture of the base member and having at least one array aperture arranged to receive an ultrasonic array holder. | 08-19-2010 |
20100018119 | MONITOR AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING OXYGEN CONCENTRATION - A monitor for monitoring the concentration of oxygen in a fuel or in an ullage over a fuel comprises (i) a sensing element comprising a luminescent substance comprising a luminophore and a support in which the luminophore is covalently bound to the support, (ii) a light source arranged to irradiate the sensing element with light, and (iii) a photosensor arranged to detect light emitted from the luminescent substance. The luminescent substance may be, for example, a platinum porphyrin covalently bound to silica. | 01-28-2010 |
20100012778 | Torque link set - An aircraft landing gear ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100006696 | Landing gear noise reduction assembly - An aircraft noise reduction apparatus including an aircraft landing gear assembly ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100004769 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A STRUCTURE - A method of designing a structure, such as an airfoil section. A first set of candidate designs is generated in a first optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of M design variables associated with an M-dimensional design space. A subset of the first set of candidate designs is selected. The selected subset of candidate designs is analysed by proper orthogonal decomposition or principal component analysis to generate an N-dimensional design space defined by N design variables, N being less than M. A second set of one or more candidate designs is then generated in a second optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of N design variables associated with the N-dimensional design space. | 01-07-2010 |