LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160110179 | DATA LOADING DEVICE AND DATA LOADING METHOD FOR LOADING SOFTWARE INTO AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS - An embodiment relates to a data loading device and a corresponding data loading method for loading software into aircraft systems, the data loading device incorporating a portable computer and a data storage device. The data loading device incorporating a switching device, the switching device having an external data connection. The switching device can switch connections between the computer, the data storage device and the data connection, the switching device having a first switching state which includes a connection between the computer and the data storage device. Furthermore, the switching device has a second switching state which includes a connection between the data storage device and the data connection. | 04-21-2016 |
20150329209 | Securing System, Retaining Device and Portable Mounting Adapter for Passenger Appliances in an Aircraft - The invention concerns a securing system for passenger appliances in an aircraft, the securing system comprising a retaining device which can be mounted on or in an aircraft seat. The retaining device comprises a connection device, the connection device being displaceable between a park position and a use position. The securing system has a portable mounting adapter, the mounting adapter having a connection arrangement, and the connection device and the connection arrangement being detachably and mechanically connectable to each other in load-bearing manner. The mounting adapter is arranged to be connected to the passenger appliance in load-bearing manner. | 11-19-2015 |
20150115101 | FLOOR CONNECTION ASSEMBLY OF AN AIRCRAFT SEAT - The invention relates to a floor connection assembly for the mechanical connection of an aircraft seat to a floor structure of an aircraft, comprising at least three fastening points, wherein the floor connection assembly can be fastened on at least three fastening points with in each case one fastening element to the floor structure. The floor connection assembly comprises an adapter plate, wherein the mechanical connection between the adapter plate and the fastening elements is supported about at least one axis in a substantially torque-free manner. | 04-30-2015 |
20140291549 | Test Method for an Escape Route Marking - A testing method for an escape path marking which has an installation position and is illuminated by a light source located in a defined position relative to the installation position, in order to charge the escape path marking for achieving afterglow, | 10-02-2014 |
20140246300 | PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH AN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING ELEMENT FOR AN AIRLINER - Piece of furniture comprising an electronic switching element ( | 09-04-2014 |
20140234632 | WOOD SUBSTRATE FURNISHED WITH A FLAME RETARDANT - The invention relates to a wood substrate rendered flame-retardant. The invention provides that on the substrate there is a coating and/or impregnation system with a flame retardant selected from the group consisting of room-temperature-liquid organic halogen compounds and organic phosphorus compounds and organic boron compounds, and that there is also a layer of coating material applied thereto. | 08-21-2014 |
20140159455 | BACKREST FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a backrest for a vehicle seat, wherein the backrest includes a plurality of backrest modules. The backrest modules comprise a central portion, and at least one backrest module is mechanically linked to one or two further backrest modules of similar type at the central portion. | 06-12-2014 |
20140130352 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING A GASKET IN AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - Method for removing a front seal plate ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140034650 | AIRCRAFT COOKING DEVICE - Aircraft cooking device comprising a cooking vessel and a lid which can be firmly connected to the cooking vessel, wherein the aircraft cooking device is fixable on an aircraft cooking station, and wherein the lid comprises at least one movable member, through the movement of which at least one opening to the interior of the cooking vessel is exposable. | 02-06-2014 |
20130205554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING GAS TURBINE COMPONENTS MADE OF CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS - Method for repairing a gas turbine component, which at least at the spot to be repaired consists of a ceramic composite material, where an energy beam locally heats the gas turbine component in a zone, and where one or more auxiliary materials and optionally fibers and/or particles are fed to this zone, wherein a ceramic is generated in the melting zone through the one or more auxiliary materials, and, optionally, the one or more auxiliary materials together with the fibers and/or particles forms a ceramic composite material. | 08-15-2013 |
20130161297 | DEVICE FOR RE-CONTOURING A GAS TURBINE BLADE - A device for recontouring a gas turbine blade includes at least one support configured to rest on an edge of the gas turbine blade during the recontouring, at least one side bearing configured to rest on an intake side or an outlet side of the gas turbine blade during the recontouring and a machining unit for machining the gas turbine blade. The machining unit is configured to fuse at least one partial area of the edge of the gas turbine blade using a beam of energy that is targeted such that material of the blade solidifies into a new contour, substantially without the addition of supplementary material. | 06-27-2013 |
20120297600 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING CRACKS IN AN AIRCRAFT OR GAS TURBINE COMPONENT - A method for detecting cracks in an aircraft or gas turbine component includes ascertaining geometric data about the component using an optical measurement method, analyzing the geometric data, using an electronic evaluation device, so as to automatically recognize and/or classify at least one of cracks and other damage and storing a position of the at least one of cracks and other damage. | 11-29-2012 |
20120091607 | Escape Route Marking for an Aircraft and Method for Producing an Escape Route Marking - Escape route marking for an aircraft comprising photoluminescent pigments in a carrier material, which luminesce in the dark,
| 04-19-2012 |
20120025571 | SEAT FOR TRANSPORT VEHICLE - A seat for a transport vehicle includes a seat surface, an armrest, and a child armrest. The child armrest is configured to adopt an adult position and a child position. In the adult position the child armrest is arranged in a stowed position in which the child armrest is incorporated in a contour of the armrest. In the child position the child armrest is arranged in a use position in which the child armrest has a reduced spacing from the seat surface in the vertical direction and a reduced spacing from an opposing armrest in the horizontal direction. | 02-02-2012 |
20110234797 | CAMERA UNIT IN PARTICULAR FOR SURVEILLANCE IN A TRANSPORTATION MEANS - A camera unit ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110217484 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING SEAL SEGMENTS OF ROTOR/STATOR SEALS OF A GAS TURBINE - The subject of the invention is a method for repairing sealing surfaces of seal segments, arranged on the inner circumference of a turbine casing section, of a rotor/stator seal of a gas turbine. With the method according to the invention, first of all material is removed from the sealing surfaces of the seal segments with the exception of the base material of the seal segments, a metallic reinforcing coating with a material thickness of at least 1 mm is applied, and then a ceramic coating with a material thickness of 0.3 to 2 mm is applied to it. | 09-08-2011 |
20110185802 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE PRESSURE IN AN UNDERCARRIAGE TYRE OF AN AIRCRAFT - The subject matter of the invention is an arrangement for determining the pressure in an undercarriage tyre of an aircraft, which arrangement has a measurement matrix ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110166749 | LINE REPLACEABLE UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The subject matter of the invention is a line replaceable unit (LRU) ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110142018 | System for Voice and/or Data Communication - The subject matter of the invention is a system for speech and/or data communication between a mobile telephone ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110049756 | Escape Route Marking for an Aircraft and Method for Producing an Escape Route Marking - Escape route marking for an aircraft comprising photoluminescent pigments in a carrier material, which luminesce in the dark,
| 03-03-2011 |
20100266419 | ENGINE COMPONENT FOR A GAS TURBINE - The object of the invention is an engine component for arrangement in the gas flow of a gas turbine. According to the invention, at least one part of the surface of said component subjected to the gas flow in operation comprises a modified amorphous carbon layer containing hydrogen that is applied using a vacuum coating technique. | 10-21-2010 |
20100261411 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF GAS-TURBINE BLADES - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for re-creation of an optimized contour of the leading edges of gas-turbine blades, in which a gas-turbine blade ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100201166 | VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a seat for a means of transport, having a supporting structure ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100200023 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING THE CORE ENGINE OF A JET ENGINE - The object of the invention is a device for cleaning the core engine of a jet engine, having a supply unit, which provides the cleaning medium, a nozzle unit, which is configured for feeding the cleaning medium into the core engine, and a line connection between the supply unit and the nozzle unit. The invention provides that the nozzle unit has a means for the rotationally fixed connection to the fan shaft of the jet engine, and that a rotary coupling is provided between the nozzle unit and the line connection. The object of the invention is further an arrangement of such a device and a turbo fan jet engine, and a method for cleaning the core engine of a jet engine using the device. | 08-12-2010 |
20100165648 | ESCAPE ROUTE MARKING FOR AN AIRPLANE - An escape route marking for a passenger cabin in an aeroplane, with a plurality of longitudinal segments which are sequentially arranged along the escape route that is to be marked, wherein each segment has a support module and a light module that is arranged on the support module, and the light module has an essentially transparent plastic material into which photo-luminescent pigments are mixed which afterglow in the dark, wherein the pigments are micro-encapsulated in a second material such that liquid and moisture do not come into contact with the pigments. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165647 | Escape Path Marking for an Aircraft - Escape path marking for an aircraft having a plurality of photoluminescent elements glow in the dark and of which each has a carrier element that is provided for attaching to a subsurface, characterised in that the carrier element has connecting edges on one or both end sides, the edges having an arc-shaped progression or having at least two sections not extending perpendicular to an orientation axis of the carrier element disposed perpendicularly on a cross section in the region of the connecting edge, the orientation axes of two carrier elements disposed successively enclosing an angle with each other. | 07-01-2010 |
20100149825 | Escape Path Marking for an Aircraft - Escape path marking for aircraft, which has an afterglowing photoluminescing material which is placed in several elements on the floor, characterised in that at least one element has a bent shape. | 06-17-2010 |
20100109387 | Seat for a means of transport - A seat and a seat system for a means of transport. The seat includes a seat surface, a backrest, and an adjustable leg support and/or foot support arranged in the region in front of the seat surface. The leg support and/or foot support is configured to be divided in the longitudinal direction into two parts, and the two parts are configured to be adjustable separately. | 05-06-2010 |
20100101013 | Modular Shower Cabin For Aircrafts - The invention relates to a modular shower cabin for aircrafts comprising an integratable faucet unit ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100091300 | Method for measuring the internal space of an aircraft - A method for measuring the internal space of an elongate body. The elongate body has in a global xyz-coordinate system a longitudinal axis x. A laser profile scan is carried out, in which a laser scanner, which carries out scans in a plane, is moved through the internal space of the elongate body. The scan plane is tilted about the y-axis by a tilt angle α or about the z-axis by a tilt angle γ. Preferably, the scan plane is tilted about the y-axis and the z-axis corresponding to the global coordinate system of the internal space. An apparatus for carrying out the method. | 04-15-2010 |
20100077587 | Method of repairing a housing of an aircraft engine - A method of repairing a housing part of an aircraft engine. An existing cylindrical bore can be widened to a conical bore or a conical bore can be produced. A filler comprising a material of the same type as a material of the housing part can be prepared. The filler can have a conical peripheral surface configured to fit into the conical bore. The filler can be rotated so that material of the filler and material of the housing part heat up by rotational friction and are plastified. The filler and the housing part can be upset against each other in an axial direction. The filler can be worked so that it finishes flush with the housing part. If a cylindrical bore was initially present, a bore corresponding to the original bore can be produced through the filler. | 04-01-2010 |
20100060050 | WIRELESSLY CONTROLLABLE ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONAL UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft includes interchangeable, wirelessly controllable electrical or electronic functional units provided for use by passengers and associated with a seat or group of seats. The aircraft further includes installation sites for the functional units, each installation site being associated with one seat or a group of seats. The functional units are removable such that they can be installed and uninstalled in the installation sites or replaced during maintenance work without forfeiting the operational approval of the aircraft. Each functional unit includes an RFID reader operating in a contactless manner to identify the installation site of the functional unit and a device for the wireless transmission of the identified installation site to a database of the aircraft. An RFID tag is associated with each installation site and contains information readable by the RFID reader to identify the associated seat or group of seats. | 03-11-2010 |
20100049009 | APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CAPTURING OR EVALUATING MEDICAL DATA ON BOARD A MEANS OF TRANSPORT - An apparatus for capturing and/or evaluating medical data on board a means of transport, and a system including the apparatus. The apparatus includes at least one interface configured to capture or input medical data and a device configured to transmit medical data, audio data, or video data from the apparatus to or from a ground station situated outside the means of transport via data transmission means. The apparatus has a first and second mode of operation for transmitting data to or from the ground station. The first mode of operation is designed to use a first bandwidth sufficient for video transmission on the data transmission means. The second mode of operation is designed to use a second bandwidth narrower than the first bandwidth or a discontinuous data transmission mode on the data transmission means. | 02-25-2010 |
20100045086 | AIRPLANE SEAT - A seat having a seat surface and a backrest also includes a reboard seat frame which is pivotably mounted in the lower region of the backrest and/or in the connecting/transition region of backrest and seat surface. At least one part of the cushion of the backrest is connected to the reboard seat frame and can pivot with this reboard seat frame. The reboard seat frame in a stowed position is arranged essentially parallel to the backrest and can pivot from the stowed position into a reboard in-use position in which it occupies an angular position between the planes of the backrest and of the seat surface. In the reboard in-use position, the part of the cushion of the backrest which is connected to the reboard seat frame forms the seat surface of a reboard child seat. | 02-25-2010 |
20100033308 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DOCUMENTING THE STATUS OF REMOVABLE PARTS ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT - A system for documenting the status of removable parts on board an aircraft, in which at least some of the removable parts are provided with a passive storage to which and from which data can be read in a contactless manner, includes at least one reading device for contactlessly reading data from the passive storage means is provided on board the aircraft, at least one central memory on board the aircraft for storing or archiving the data which have been read from the passive storage by the at least one reading device which is connected to means for acquiring operating or flight data of the aircraft and a transmitting device on board the aircraft for transmitting the data from the central memory to a memory located outside the aircraft. | 02-11-2010 |
20100000572 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a jet engine - An apparatus for cleaning a jet engine includes a supply device configured to make cleaning medium available, a nozzle device configured to introduce the cleaning medium into the jet engine, and a line connection between the supply device and the nozzle device. The cleaning medium can be solid carbon dioxide. A system including a jet engine and the apparatus. A method for cleaning a jet engine using solid carbon dioxide. | 01-07-2010 |
20090286517 | System for the wireless transmission of information to a mobile appliance of a user of a means of transport - A system for wirelessly transmitting information to a mobile appliance of a user of a means of transport. The system can include a first database containing journey-related information and a second database containing a profile for the user. The system can further include a first device configured to identify the mobile appliance of the user when the mobile appliance enters a range of a wireless local area network in the means of transport, a second device configured to select information from the first database based on the profile stored in the second database, and a third device configured to transmit the selected information to the mobile appliance of the user. | 11-19-2009 |
20090255943 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING WASHING FLUID FROM A JET POWER PLANT WASH - The subject of the invention is a device for collecting washing fluid from a jet power plant wash, with a collecting receptacle for washing fluid for arranging beneath the jet power plant ( | 10-15-2009 |
20080217996 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft has an on-board data network and an on-board electrical power supply system. The on-board electrical power supply system has a device for connection to a stationary electrical power supply system. An adapter device allows data transmission between the on-board data network and a stationary data network via the on-board electrical power supply system, the device for connection to a stationary electrical power supply system, and a stationary electrical power supply system. A ground device, equipped appropriately for data transmission, supplies the aircraft with electrical power. | 09-11-2008 |