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Aeronautics December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110315818 - Static dissipative fuel tank coatings and methods: There is provided a method for mitigating static discharge in a fuel container. The method provides a static dissipative coating having a volume resistivity of 1.0×109 Ω-m (ohm-meter) or less when measured at 40 V (volts) or less, having a surface resistivity of 1.0×1011 Ω/sq (ohm per square) or less... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110315819 - Supersonic aircraft with spike for controlling and reducing sonic boom: Method and arrangement for reducing the effects of a sonic boom created by an aerospace vehicle when said vehicle is flown at supersonic speed. The method includes providing the aerospace vehicle with a first spike extending from the nose thereof substantially in the direction of normal flight of the aerospace... Agent:

20110315806 - Modular and morphable air vehicle: An unmanned air module includes one or more rotors, engines, a transmission and avionics. Any of several different ground modules may be attached to the air module. The air module may fly with and without the ground module attached. The ground module may be a vehicle ground module and may... Agent:

20110315807 - One-piece nano/nano class nanocomposite optical ceramic (nnoc) extended dome having seamless non-complementary geometries for electro-optic sensors: A one-piece extended dome having a spanning angle greater than 180 degrees. The dome is integrally formed of a Nano/Nano class Nanocomposite Optical Ceramic (NNOC) material. The extended dome comprises seamless first and second non-complementary geometric shapes, such as a first spherical geometry and a second conical or ogive geometry.... Agent: Raytheon Company

20110315808 - Solid solution-based nanocomposite optical ceramic materials: A solid solution-based optical material capable of transmitting infrared light, the solid solution-based optical material comprising at least two nano-sized phases intermixed in one another, wherein at least one of the at least two nano-sized phases is a solid solution containing a dissolved dopant, the dissolved dopant present in an... Agent:

20110315827 - Wing extension control surface: A tiltrotor aircraft includes a rotatable nacelle that supports a rotor assembly and is pivotally attached to the air-craft's fuselage. A wing extension attaches to an outboard section of the nacelle. The wing extension provides additional yaw control during helicopter mode and additional lift during airplane mode. A method for... Agent:

20110315809 - Three wing, six-tilt propulsion unit, vtol aircraft: A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft having at least three wings and at least six propulsion units, each of which are located radially from two adjacent propulsion units, by equal or substantially equal angles. The at least six propulsion units together being located symmetrically, or at substantially symmetric positions, about... Agent:

20110315810 - Airborne, tethered, remotely stabilized surveillance platform: An airborne surveillance platform supporting optoelectronic and electronic sensors, including level sensors, is automatically stabilized in a horizontal plane by varying the length of two tethers out of three. Error signals from the level sensors are transmitted over a wireless link to control components on a rotating platform on the... Agent:

20110315811 - Lighter-than-air vehicle for shading: The lighter-than-air vehicle for shading is an airborne, movable system that provides shade from the sun for an open area. The vehicle is a substantially flat flying device having upper and lower surfaces, and which is filled with a lighter-than-air gas or gases, such as helium or hydrogen. The vehicle... Agent: King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals

20110315812 - Wing device and flight vehicle having the same: Disclosed are a wing device for a flight vehicle and a flight vehicle having the same, the wing device including a fixing shaft disposed in a lengthwise direction of a main body of the flight vehicle, a wing rotatably mounted to the fixing shaft so as to be deployed from... Agent:

20110315814 - Assembly comprising a gas turbine engine and a supporting pylon: A gas turbine engine 2 is supported on an aircraft fuselage by a pylon 10 which carries a mounting ring 6. The mounting ring 6 is releasably coupled to an engine ring 8 on the casing of the engine 2, centred on the engine axis. A further member 12 extends... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110315813 - Turbomachine support pylon for aircraft: The invention relates to an aircraft support pylon (1), designed to attach a turbomachine housed in a nacelle (7) to an aircraft fuselage (8). The pylon comprises a cooler (21), located substantially in the vicinity of a leading edge (12) of the pylon, and able to be heated by a... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110315815 - Multi-source emergency power optimization: A disclosed emergency power system includes multiple emergency power devices that are each sized to provide partial power during emergency operation and/or full power for a portion of emergency operation.... Agent:

20110315816 - Constant-velocity joint with torque-combining differential: A constant-velocity drive system for an aircraft rotor has a gimbal mechanism and a differential torque-combining mechanism. The gimbal mechanism has gimbals driven in rotation by a rotor mast about a mast axis, the gimbals providing for gimballing relative to the mast about gimbal axes generally perpendicular to the mast... Agent: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

20110315817 - Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable rf transparent launch tube: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises a tethered sabot configured to engage a UAV within a launcher volume defined by an inner wall, the tethered sabot dimensioned to provide a pressure seal at the inner wall and tethered to the inner wall, and wherein the tethered sabot... Agent:

20110315820 - Aircraft structural assembly and associated assembling method: An assembly includes a structural wall and a composite wall extending in the extension of the structural wall and defining a second section positioned facing a first section of the wall. The assembly includes an elongated traction element received in a first passage made in the structural wall, the first... Agent: Dassault Aviation

20110315821 - Method for assembling a floor in a cockpit structure previously constructed from a section of aircraft fuselage: A section of aircraft fuselage comprises a body structure (2) and a floor (4) connected to said body structure. The body structure (2) has an external skin (21) and a framework (22) comprising frames (23), positioned in fuselage cross-sections approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis X in an aircraft reference... Agent: Airbus Operations (societe Par Actions Simpifiee)

20110315822 - Door apparatus and method: A door apparatus includes a door, actuating mechanism, and tie rod mechanism, the actuating mechanism actuating the tie rod mechanism to impart a substantially translating motion to the door. The actuating mechanism can include a drive yoke coupled to the tie rod mechanism with a one-way coupling. The tie rod... Agent: Greenpoint Technologies, Inc.

20110315823 - Fixation mechanism for installing thermal insulation sheets in an aircraft body: The invention also relates to an aircraft fuselage section comprising frames, an outer skin, stabilizers and at least one insulating blanket. This section comprises at least one holding device such as described above, mounted so that a frame is situated between the arms of the holding device so that the... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110315824 - Composite structures having integrated stiffeners and method of making the same: A composite structure is made by placing a stiffener preform and a composite structure reinforcement on a tool. The preform and the reinforcement are vacuum bagged processed and co-infused with a thermoset resin to form a stiffened, unitized structure.... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110315825 - Rotary casing of satellite antena having an angle adjustable display screen: A rotary casing of a satellite antenna having an angle adjustable display screen includes a supporting arm, a hollow casing, a rotating means and an adjusting and controlling assembly. The casing has a panel provided with two keys and a top surface provided with a window. The rotating means is... Agent: Timotion Technology Co., Ltd

20110315826 - Ram air inflating lifting body: The invention relates to an improved ram air inflating lifting body (1) such as a para-foil. The lifting body (1) being configured so as to be controllable by changing the effective chord length (5) of at least one of the surfaces (2, 3) of the lifting body and thus the... Agent: The Secretary Of State For Defence

20110309186 - Methods and apparatus for fast action impulse thruster: Methods and apparatus for a fast action impulse thruster according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a projectile comprising an impulse thruster system. The impulse thruster system may comprise a guidance system and a fast action impulse thruster system. The guidance system may control the trajectory of... Agent: Raytheon Company

20110309187 - Nested core gas turbine engine: An aircraft, with the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds, designed to increase cruise lift/drag ratio, reduce sonic boom and have greater downward visibility by having an ‘inverted’ nose profile that has greater inclination of the lower surfaces to the flight direction than the upper surfaces.... Agent:

20110309203 - Methods and apparatus for missile air inlet: Methods and apparatus for delivering a missile may operate in conjunction with a missile comprising an outer skin. The missile may be configured in a closed position and an open position. In the open position, an aperture is opened in the outer skin, for example to supply air to an... Agent:

20110309189 - Rigid aircraft pylon fitted with a rib extension for taking up the moment in the lengthways direction: An engine assembly for an aircraft, including a rigid structure including a box rib extension protruding from a box of the structure, in a line of separation, towards a fuselage of the aircraft. The extension supports a first attachment in a position separating it from a second attachment in the... Agent: Airbus Operations (inc As A Societe Par Act Simpl)

20110309188 - Rigid aircraft pylon structure in contact with a fuselage lateral extension for attachment: An aft part of an aircraft, including at least one engine assembly including a turbine engine and a turbine engine mounting pylon. A rigid structure of the mounting pylon includes a longitudinal central box and a connection box carried by the box and projecting from the box. The aircraft structure... Agent: Airbus Operations (inc. As A Soc. Par Act. Simpl.)

20110309190 - Layshaft generator: An apparatus is provided and includes a rotatable shaft on which a first bevel gearbox is disposed, a layshaft on which a second bevel gearbox is disposed, the first and second bevel gearboxes being coupled to transmit shaft rotation to the layshaft, an accessory gearbox to which the layshaft and... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20110309191 - System and method for desaturation of a control moment gyroscope: A method of de-saturating a control moment gyroscope that leverages a torque on an aircraft that is generated by airflow over the aircraft. As an aircraft navigates through an airspace, the aircraft may destabilize and reorient to form a sideslip angle that forms the airflow torque on the aircraft. The... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation

20110309193 - Aero-acoustic optimisation method for complex-section mechanical parts and corresponding mechanical part and landing gear: According to one embodiment, the aero-acoustically optimised complex-section metal mechanical part is fitted with an aerodynamically shaped cover made of several longitudinal parts articulated with hinges to facilitate their installation. This cover is attached to at least two supports placed away from one another along the axis of the part,... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110309192 - Torque link with shimmy damper: A torque link includes a spring-damper system structurally incorporated into the design and functionality of the torque link. The spring portion may take the form of a structurally rigid beam while the damping portion may take the form of a damping mechanism or assembly. The damping mechanism is configured to... Agent: Goodrich Corporation

20110309194 - Mounting system for attaching a structural monument in a desired position in an aircraft cabin: The invention relates to a mounting system (10) for attaching a structural monument in a desired position in an aircraft cabin comprises a support element (12) that is connectable to a base body (14) of the structural monument in a pedestal area of the structural monument. The mounting system (10)... Agent:

20110309195 - Method and system for flexible seat arrangement in airplanes: The invention provides a method for adapting a seat row arrangement in an airplane in order to set seat row distances, wherein the currently desired pattern of seat row positions is stored in a control device and wherein the seat rows are mounted on seat tracks (4) extending in the... Agent: Bishop Gmbh Aeronautical Engineers

20110309197 - Device for holding an insulating blanket and for fastening systems adapted to be mounted in an aircraft: a stirrup-shaped clip (1) comprising a base (2) and two arms (4, 6), each arm (4, 6) having at its free end a securing lug (17) adapted for being able to be inserted in the slot (36) of one of the said brackets with a flange (19) that forms a... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110309196 - Device for holding an insulating blanket and for fastening two-parts systems: s

20110309198 - Coupling module as interface between an air passenger bridge and an aircraft: The subject of the invention is a coupling module as interface between the cabin of an air passenger bridge and an aircraft, wherein the coupling module has a canopy roof and a floor spanned over by the canopy roof, wherein the coupling module is held by the cabin of the... Agent:

20110309199 - Control system for a traction wing: A control system for a traction wing or a surfing kite includes a bar that is gripped by a person carried in the wind by the wing or kite. Fixtures on the opposed ends of the bar are connected to respective lines that are attached to the wing. A central... Agent: Neil Pryde Limited

20110309200 - Apparatus, satellite and method for trapping high-speed particles: An apparatus for trapping high-speed particles, such as space debris, is provided. The apparatus includes a first front tapping surface and at least one rear trapping surface. The front and rear trapping surfaces are arranged substantially parallel to each other and are spaced apart from each other in the normal... Agent: Astrium Gmbh

20110309201 - Active flow control for transonic flight: An air vehicle includes an airfoil designed for transonic flight. The airfoil has a region of supersonic flow during transonic flight. A surface of the airfoil has upstream and downstream orifices at or within the region. The air vehicle further includes an active flow control system for controlling air vehicle... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110309202 - Wingtec holding limited: A control device (16) for a wing (10) comprises an airbox assembly (16) connected to an aerofoil wing tip (17). The airbox assembly (16) includes passages (23) that receive air from the lower surface of the aerofoil (10) and accelerate and exhaust the air upwardly, outwardly and rearwardly of the... Agent:

20110303786 - Silencer for an auxiliary power unit of an aircraft: A silencer for an auxiliary power unit of an aircraft comprises an inlet, an outlet, a housing and a flow channel with a porous wall material that is arranged in the housing. An intermediate space is formed between the housing and the flow channel and divided into outer cells that... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110303795 - Three-wing, six tilt-propulsion unit, vtol aircraft: A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft having a fuselage with, preferably, three wings and six synchronously tilt-able propulsion units, each one mounted above, below, or on each half of the aforementioned three wings. The propulsion units are oriented vertically for vertical flight and horizontally for forward flight. Each propulsion unit... Agent:

20110303783 - Stabilizer: The invention relates to a stabilizer for rotary wing aircraft 11 which carry a hanging sling load 12 in the direction of the ground on at least one support cable 13, and were the stabilizer is set up to generate control signals R to be applied or modulated onto the... Agent:

20110303784 - System and method for vibration control in a rotorcraft using an adaptive reference model algorithm: The adaptive reference model algorithm uses a gain scheduling feature combined with a customized Least-Squares routine as an adaptive method for adjusting feedback control so as to account for variations in Transfer Function (G), thereby optimizing the effectiveness of the Active Vibration Control (AVC) System. The Least-Squares routine identifies the... Agent:

20110303785 - Aircraft fitted with an independent drive device: The invention relates to an aircraft having wheels fitted with hydraulically-actuating friction brake means and also hydraulically-actuated independent drive means for driving the wheels in rotation and enabling the aircraft to move in stages of independent drive in which the engines of the aircraft are inactive, wherein the aircraft is... Agent: Messier-bugatti-dowty

20110303796 - Morphing control surface transition: A transition section forms a continuous contour across a gap between a pair of structures. The transition section comprises at least one rib mounted within the gap and being pivotable relative to the structures. A tip may be mounted to an aft end of the rib and may be rotatable... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110303787 - Load indicator: An overload detecting assembly comprising a lateral probe (18) which cooperates with a first load bearing member (10) as it moves towards a second load bearing member (11) and in turn deflects an indicator member (20) which may take a permanent set when a yield point is exceeded. Ready inspection... Agent:

20110303788 - Pin bearing arrangement for aircraft landing gear: Pin bearing arrangement (10) for measuring loads in an aircraft landing gear (1), comprising a trailing arm (2), connected to at least one of the aircraft wheels (3), and a shock absorber (4), connected to the aircraft, whereby load (11) is transferred from the trailing arm (2) to the shock... Agent:

20110303789 - Mobile aircraft recovery system: An apparatus for the recovery of an aircraft includes a capture device and first and second pole pairs. The first pole pair includes first top and bottom poles respectively placed near first top and bottom portions of the capture device. The first pole pair is configured to move from a... Agent: Aai Corporation

20110303790 - Frame for a flight passenger seating row: A frame for a flight passenger seating row having a front support structure and a rear support structure connected by means of at least one seat divider and at least one transverse beam. The seat divider(s) and the transverse beam(s) is/are easily releaseably connected to the front and/or rearsupport structure.... Agent: Zim Gmbh

20110303791 - Fuselage section of an aircraft and method for the production of the fuselage section: In accordance with the method, an inside layer of a fuselage section skin made from first fibers is placed on a manufacturing surface, the first fibers being placed in one or more first fiber directions. On the inside layer, a stiffening structure is formed from stiffening fibers, the stiffening fibers... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110303792 - Telescopic strut: A telescopic strut for electrically connecting a fixed structure of an aircraft to a movable structure mounted to the fixed structure, wherein the strut is adapted to be mechanically connected to the fixed structure by its one end and to be mechanically connected to the movable structure by its opposite... Agent: Airbus Operations Limited

20110303793 - Parachute release system and method: A parachute release system is configured to releasably couple a parachute to a payload. A parachute release mechanism is coupled to a suspension strap routed through a strap sleeve. The parachute release mechanism is configured to provide near-simultaneous separation of the suspension straps from the payload via operation of a... Agent:

20110303794 - Method and system for feeding jet engines: The inventions relate to engine systems of space transportation means. The method is carried out with the aid of a system which comprises a spacecraft (KLA/SC) with a propulsive jet engine (1) and a device (2) for storing a working substance (one of a fuel components). The system is also... Agent:

20110297783 - Rolling projectile with extending and retracting canards: A slow rolling projectile comprises a projectile body has a forward section and a rear section and having a longitudinal axis. Two or more canards in the forward section are capable of being extended from and retracted into the projectile body at predetermined frequencies and/or for predetermined times. Two or... Agent:

20110297784 - Method and device for opening an inflated wall: A method and a device for deflating an inflated wall (1), wherein the inflated wall (1) is cut by using at least one cutting member adapted to cut the inflated wall (1) along a cutting line with the effect of causing a deflation opening of the inflated wall (1). The... Agent: Centre National D'etudes Spatiales (c.n.e.s)

20110297785 - Airframe position adjusting structure: Provided is an airframe position adjusting structure capable of adjusting the position of an airframe (A) inclined in the left-and-right direction. In the airframe position adjusting structure (1), the position adjusting unit (10) is configured such that a component force (FV), in the up-and-down direction of the airframe, of a... Agent:

20110297786 - Integrated electric motor and gear in an aircraft wheel: A wheel design is provided for an aircraft landing gear wheel that is configured to maximize the space available within a landing gear wheel well to support a geared motor assembly that drives the aircraft wheel when the aircraft is on the ground. The wheel includes inboard and outboard support... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20110297787 - Dual function door for an aircraft engine nacelle: According to the invention, said locking means have a mechanical fuse (50) intended to break under the effect of a force exerted by the opening leaf (22) and resulting from an opening gas pressure being applied on the opening leaf, with a value greater than or equal to a predetermined... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110297788 - Shell component for an aircraft or spacecraft: The present invention provides a shell component for an aircraft or spacecraft. The shell component comprises a skin panel, a plurality of stringers which are arranged on the skin panel, a former which comprises a fibre composite material and is arranged over the stringers so as to cross said stringers,... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110297789 - Aircraft de-icing system and method: An aircraft de-icing system and method for removing the ice from the surface of an aircraft. The aircraft de-icing system reduces power requirements by allocating power from a single power source between the parting strip elements and the shed zone elements. The aircraft de-icing system may utilize a measurement of... Agent: Cessna Aircraft Company

20110297790 - Aircraft fuel tank: An aircraft fuel tank capable of suppressing electrostatic charging caused, for example, by flow electrification with the fuel. The aircraft fuel tank comprises an upper skin (5) and a lower skin (7) that exhibit conductivity and form a portion of a container for storing fuel, an internal structure (19) formed... Agent:

20110297792 - Apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload: An apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload upon ground impact by the payload. The apparatus has a pair of sections releasably secured to each other. Each section has an intermediate portion having a longitudinally extending axis and a spur receiving opening that extends through the intermediate portion and... Agent:

20110297791 - Ground impact cargo parachute release mechanism: A ground impact cargo parachute release mechanism includes a pair of interlocking release elements, one for connection to the parachute the other the cargo; each release element has a pawl and a notch for engaging the pawl of the other release element; a shear pin mounted in both the release... Agent: Usa As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army.

20110297793 - Reusable module for launcher: A propulsion module configured to launch a craft into space including a recoverable module and a non-recovered part, which is secured to the recoverable module at launch. The recoverable module includes a propulsive system to launch the craft, systems for command and control of the propulsive system, a subsonic flight... Agent: Astrium Sas

20110297794 - Method of navigating a spinning, artificial satellite and controlling the global, terrestrial surveillance coverage thereof: A method of controlling inertial attitude of an artificial satellite in order to perform a navigation function and to maximize terrestrial coverage of the Earth by the satellite. The method includes deploying the artificial satellite in an orbit about the poles of the Earth; applying gyroscopic precession to the artificial... Agent:

20110297795 - Spacecraft panel architecture: One embodiment of the invention includes a spacecraft system. The system includes a spacecraft payload system coupled to a spacecraft frame. The system also includes a plurality of spacecraft panels disposed about the spacecraft frame. Each of the plurality of spacecraft panels can be communicatively coupled together via a network... Agent:

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... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110290932 - System and method for navigating an object: One example embodiment relates to a method of navigating an object. The method includes detecting when the object accelerates through the speed of sound and maneuvering the object based on when the object accelerates through the speed of sound. Another example embodiment relates to a system for navigating an object.... Agent: Raytheon Company

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.... Agent: Airbus Operations Sas

20110290934 - Aircraft engine assembly comprising an annular load-transfer structure surrounding the central casing of a turbojet engine: An aircraft engine assembly including an annular load-transfer structure surrounding the central casing and being mechanically connected to a plurality of substantially planar structures arranged externally with respect to the plurality of substantially planar structures, and biasing it at a plurality of load application points. At least one connecting rod... Agent: Airbus Operations (inc As A Societe Par Act Simpl.)

20110290935 - Method of manufacture by superplastic forming and by fishplating of a rib for an aerodynamic fairing of an aircraft engine mounting pylon:

20110290936 - Method of manufacture by superplastic forming and by fishplating of a rib for an aerodynamic fairing of an aircraft engine mounting pylon: in respect of at least one of the ribs (46) of the group having a smaller size than that of the preform (46a), division of the latter into four preform parts (56a-56d) each incorporating one of the four corners of the quadrilateral formed by the preform, followed by the joining... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110290947 - Automatic method and device for aiding the piloting of an airplane: The device (1) comprises means (10) for determining, in the case of the loss of a speed information, control parameters which are used on at least one automatic pilot of the aircraft, instead of said speed information.... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110290937 - Unmanned aerial vehicle: The present invention relates to an aircraft with a surveillance system characterised in that the direction of flight towards a target is achievable by shifting the centre of gravity of the vehicle towards the target. The centre of gravity is shifted towards the target by pointing the surveillance system at... Agent: Bae Systems PLC

20110290938 - Actuator control apparatus: Herein disclosed is an actuator control apparatus, comprising primary control means for producing a control signal used to control an operation of an actuator in accordance with an instruction signal indicative of an operation of the actuator, secondary control means for producing a control signal in accordance with the instruction... Agent: Nabtesco Corporation

20110290939 - Circumferential stiffener for an aircraft fuselage: A circumferential stiffener configured for a fuselage of an aircraft includes a web disposed at an angle to a normal axis of the circumferential stiffener, at least one inner flange, at least one outer flange and an integral angle profile configured for connection to a skin section of the fuselage.... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110290940 - Pressure bulkhead for purposes of arrangement in an aircraft fuselage: A pressure bulkhead for a fuselage of an aircraft is configured for bounding a fuselage interior relative to an external environment. The pressure bulkhead includes a flat skin configured to span a cross-section of the fuselage and having a cavity disposed at a core region of the skin. The core... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110290941 - Attachment system of aircraft components: An attachment system for attaching a component (11) such as a vertical tail plane to a fuselage (27) of an aircraft; the component (11) being structured as a box comprising front and rear spars (13, 14), ribs (15) extending from the front spar (13) to the rear spar (14), and... Agent: Airbus Operations, S.l.

20110290942 - Electrical power supply and control device for equipment of a rotor, and an aircraft fitted with such a device: The present invention relates to an electrical power supply and control device (10) for equipment (9) of a rotor (5), the device having a three-phase AC generator (20) in a stationary frame of reference. The device (10) comprises a rotary field transformer (30) having a stationary portion (31) connected to... Agent: Eurocopter

20110290943 - Method and apparatus for cooling fuel in an aircraft fuel tank: Fuel in an aircraft fuselage fuel tank is cooled by means of cold air flowing from the exterior of the aircraft to a cooling region inside the aircraft. The cooling region may be (a) located to the exterior of the fuel tank, (b) in thermal communication with the fuel tank... Agent: Airbus Operations Limited

20110290944 - Concentric peripheral canopy parachute: A concentric peripheral canopy parachute having a canopy system including a number of peripheral, stacked, concentric, canopies, each superior canopy centered and spaced above the inferior canopy and having its skirt connected to the vent of the inferior canopy for generating an increased low pressure disturbance behind the canopy system... Agent: Usa As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army.

20110290946 - Aircraft slat assembly: An aircraft slat assembly comprises a slat, two tracks and two joints, each joint connecting a respective track to the slat. Each track is moveable on a wing structure between a fully extended position and a stowed position. Each joint is arranged to allow relative rotation between the slat and... Agent: Airbus Operations Limited

20110290945 - Aircraft slat assembly comprising a plurality of slats: An aircraft slat assembly comprises a first slat and a second slat positioned adjacent thereto. The first and second slats are moveable between extended and retracted positions. The slats are connected by a joint, the joint being arranged to transfer a shear load from one slat to the other slat... Agent: Airbus Operations Limited