METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A STATE OF ENERGY OF A BATTERY

    公开(公告)号:US20190033379A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16037392

    申请日:2018-07-17

    Applicant: Airbus SAS

    Abstract: A method for estimating a state of energy of a battery, comprising the steps of estimating a state of charge of the battery, determining a discrepancy between the state of charge and the state of energy as a function of the state of charge, computing the state of energy as a function of the estimated state of charge and of the determined discrepancy. Also a battery including apparatus configured to implement the method is provided.

    Method for producing structures made of thermosetting composite materials by assembling composite constituent parts moulded by injection infusion of liquid resin

    公开(公告)号:US20190001588A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16017180

    申请日:2018-06-25

    Applicant: Airbus SAS

    Abstract: A method for creating a structural part made of composite material by injecting-infusing a liquid, thermosetting resin into a fibrous reinforcement, the structural part comprising a first element and at least one second element. Both the first element and the at least one second element are created in an intermediate state during a distinct injection-infusion step associated with partial curing that is arrested at a degree of cross-linking of the resin below a gelling point of the resin. The first element and the at least one second element are held in a tooling, in a relative position and in a shape that the elements are to have in the structural part to be created, during an out-of-autoclave simultaneous complete curing phase so as to obtain a desired degree of polymerization of the resin of the first element and of the resin of the at least one second element.

    HYBRID POWER OR THRUST GENERATOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SUCH A GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180363564A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16060305

    申请日:2016-12-07

    Applicant: Airbus SAS

    Abstract: A hybrid power or thrust generator including at least one thermodynamic turbine engine and at least one electric power generator. An electric power generator is electrically connected to at least one electric motor, mechanically and rotatably coupled to one or more rotating portions of the thermodynamic turbine engine, and the electric power generator operates simultaneously with the thermodynamic engine so as to supply the electric motor(s) to reduce the power drawn from the turbines of the thermodynamic turbine engine in operation. The electric power generator may comprise a thermoacoustic engine driving a linear electric alternator. The generator is advantageously implemented in a vehicle, such as an aircraft.

    METHOD OF MANAGEMENT AND ARCHITECTURE OF A HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180346139A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15984638

    申请日:2018-05-21

    Applicant: Airbus SAS

    CPC classification number: B64D27/24 B64D2027/026

    Abstract: A method and an architecture for implementing the method for the management of a hybrid thermal/electrical propulsion aircraft in the course of its various flight phases. The hybrid propulsion receives at each instant i a total power command Ptot,com,i distributed between thermal Pth,com,i and electrical Pe,com,i power commands. The method includes steps of calculating a maximum admissible thermal power command Pth,com,max,i for compliance with acoustic objectives on the ground, selecting the thermal power command Pth,com,i in a bounded range of values, determining the electrical power command Pe,com,i. The thermal Pth,com,i and electrical Pe,com,i power commands supplied by the hybrid propulsion are thus adjusted in the course of the different flight phases depending on a height hi of the aircraft in order to make it possible to comply with acoustic requirements on the ground.

    AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A WING FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTED AIRFOILS

    公开(公告)号:US20180334253A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15773474

    申请日:2016-11-09

    Applicant: Airbus SAS

    CPC classification number: B64C39/08 B64C3/385 B64C3/40

    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage and at least one wing comprising, on the aerodynamic plane, a plurality of distributed airfoils separated from one another, numbering more than 10, and arranged inside an enclosing space bearing on the airfoils. The shape and dimensions of the enclosing space correspond to the shape and dimensions of a simple wing of conventional structure, which is adapted to the aircraft taking account of the weight and flight speed of the aircraft. Advantageously, the airfoils are arranged such that the cross-section of the enclosing space in a vertical plane XZ of the aircraft matches the shape of the aerodynamic profile of the simple wing of conventional structure. The airfoils are arranged, for example, to produce a V formation in plan view, with the tip pointing forwards.

    Active temperature control for induction heating

    公开(公告)号:US10111283B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14470157

    申请日:2014-08-27

    Abstract: An induction heating system and a method for controlling a process temperature for induction heating of a workpiece. The induction heating system comprises an inductor configured to generate an alternating magnetic field in response to an alternating current supplied thereto, a magnetic load comprising a magnetic material, the magnetic material having a Curie temperature and being configured to generate heat in response to the alternating magnetic field being applied thereto, the magnetic load being connectable to the workpiece in a heat-conducting manner so as to transfer the generated heat to the workpiece, and a control unit configured to control the process temperature for manufacturing the workpiece by adjusting the alternating magnetic field when the temperature of the magnetic material is in a temperature control range around or below the Curie temperature of the magnetic material, the temperature control range being dependent on the magnetic material of the magnetic load.

    AIRCRAFT HAVING A PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION FOR PASSENGER SEATING

    公开(公告)号:US20180281961A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15937466

    申请日:2018-03-27

    Abstract: An passenger cabin of an aircraft including a floor (108) on which are mounted a front seat (104a), a rear seat (104b) and a partition wall separating the front and rear seats, wherein the front seat (104a) pivots about an axis perpendicular to the floor (108) through an angle of at least 180 degrees, and the partition wall (106) has a fixed lower portion (106a) and a removable upper portion, and wherein a securing means has a securing position which secures the upper portion to the lower portion (106a), and a release position which allows the upper portion to detach from the lower portion (106a). The pivoting front seat and partition wall with detachable upper portion provide a first configuration seating configures that provides confidentiality between two passengers seated one behind the other, and a second configuration that permits communication between the seated passengers.

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