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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120068012 | ARRANGEMENT AND AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT The present invention provides an arrangement, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising an outer skin portion, the outside of which comes into contact with the atmosphere; a facing portion, which is arranged on the inside of the outer skin portion; a gap ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068011 | Active Aircraft Pylon Noise Control System An active pylon noise control system for an aircraft includes a pylon structure connecting an engine system with an airframe surface of the aircraft and having at least one aperture to supply a gas or fluid therethrough, an intake portion attached to the pylon structure... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120032024 | WING-TO-BODY FAIRING WITH SPRAY-ON FOAM AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD A fairing includes a fairing body having a fairing interior and an interior surface and a spray-on insulation foam layer provided on the interior surface of the fairing body.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025016 | AIRCRAFT PROPELLER A propeller for an aircraft is disclosed. The propeller has an odd number of unequally circumferentially spaced blades. The propeller may be provided as part of a contra-rotating propeller arrangement and/or aft of a pylon on an aircraft. The propeller has been found to... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120012698 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN INSULATION SYSTEM FOR THERMAL AND ACOUSTIC INSULATION The invention relates to an aircraft comprising an insulation system for thermal and acoustic insulation. Said insulation system includes a cabin, an outer skin, a sound insulating unit, and a heat insulating unit. The sound insulating unit is designed to acoustically i... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120001022 | JET ENGINE INSTALLATION Noise generated by a gas turbine engine 6 supported by a pylon 8 on a wing 2 of an aircraft is reduced by influencing a shear layer generated between the free-stream flowfield and flow from the engine 6. The shear layer is influenced by means... | 01/05/2012 |
| 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 di... | 12/29/2011 |
| 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... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110284689 | AIRCRAFT CABIN PANEL FOR SOUND REDUCTION The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin panel for sound reduction in an interior space. The invention in particular also relates to an aircraft comprising an interior lining with sound-absorbing and sound-reducing panels. In order to provide a panel that is o... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110268557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING THE NOISE OF AIRFOILS A system and method for reducing the noise of an airfoil is provided. The airfoil includes a main portion including a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil further comprises a noise attenuator coupled to the main portion and disposed proximate to at least a port... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110248117 | MULTILAYER BOARD FOR ACOUSTIC INSULATION A multilayer board is provided for acoustic insulation and to a method for producing said board. In order to reduce sound emission and at the same time improve stability, a multilayer board for acoustic insulation is proposed that includes, but is not limited to a core ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110226897 | Launch vehicle fairing and construction Light-weight acoustic dampening launch vehicle fairing structures having high strength and stiffness and capable of filling to provide high mass density and rapidly unloaded at a predetermined time following launch, and methods of making them are provided. The panels in... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110180660 | AIRCRAFT HAVING A LAMBDA-BOX WING CONFIGURATION Aircraft having a lambda-box wing configuration, comprising a fuselage (1), a propulsion system (5), a first pair of swept-back airfoils (2), connected to the top forward portion of the fuselage (1), a second pair of swept-forward airfoils (<... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110168839 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN AIR INLET WITH AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY An aircraft nacelle includes an air intake that makes it possible to channel the air in a pipe in the direction of a pipe of a power plant that is arranged in the extension of the pipe, whereby the pipe of the air intake includes at least one panel that integrates an ac... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110139926 | Landing gear with noise reduction apparatus An aircraft landing gear assembly comprises a landing gear (10) arranged to be moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The assembly includes a removably mounted cover plate (20) that covers a void (12) defined by a part of the la... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110139927 | PANEL FOR AN AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE THAT ENSURES OPTIMIZED ACOUSTIC TREATMENT AND FROST TREATMENT An acoustic treatment panel includes an acoustically resistive layer that defines a surface of an aircraft that is in contact with an aerodynamic stream, a reflective layer (50) between which are arranged at least one alveolar structure (52) with a number ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133025 | ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL FOR AIRCRAFT FOR ENGINE NACELLE This acoustic attenuation panel for an aircraft engine nacelle comprises a structuring skin (1) and, by way of acoustic absorption material, a porous material (5) attached to this skin (1).... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110114787 | ACOUSTIC TREATMENT PANEL WITH INTEGRAL CONNECTING REINFORCEMENT An acoustic treatment panel includes, from the inside to the outside, a reflective layer (50), at least one alveolar structure (52), and at least one acoustically resistive structure (54) that forms an aerodynamic surface, whereby the panel is conne... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110089290 | AIRPLANE CONFIGURATION An aircraft configuration that may reduce the level of noise, infrared radiation, or combination thereof directed towards the ground from an aircraft in flight. An embodiment of an aircraft includes a fuselage, two forward swept wings, at least one engine mounted to the... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110079680 | Aircraft with tuned vibration absorber mounted on skin An apparatus and method for attenuating noise and vibration in a propeller aircraft comprises a tuned vibration absorber adapted to be mounted to the skin of a fuselage of a propeller aircraft. The tuned vibration absorber may be tuned to the second harmonic of a blade ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110068222 | PROPULSION UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR SUCH A UNIT This propulsion unit for an aircraft comprises: a fan (3) comprising a fan casing (23) the interior wall of which has a coating (25) the upstream edge of which is set back relative to the upstream edge (29) of the said casing (23), and... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110001004 | Landing Gear An aircraft landing gear is arranged such that in its deployed position it is configured to reduce, during the approach on landing, the noise generated by the interaction of the landing gear and the air flowing past the landing gear. Various means are described to reduc... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100320316 | AIR INTAKE FOR AIRCRAFT NACELLE, AND PROPULSION ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SUCH AIR INTAKE The invention relates to an air intake for an aircraft nacelle that comprises a shroud (19) that can be mounted on the fan casing (15) of a turbojet engine (1). The shroud (19) is sized so as to define a circumferential gap (J) relative to th... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100301161 | ACOUSTIC COATING FOR AN AIRCRAFT INCORPORATING A FROST TREATMENT SYSTEM BY JOULE EFFECT The invention relates to acoustic lining for an aircraft, which can cover a leading edge, such as an air inlet in the nacelle of a propulsion unit, said lining comprising: (i) from the inside outwards, a reflective layer (28), at least one cellular structure (... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100294882 | AIRCRAFT LEADING EDGE An aircraft leading edge, such as, for example, an air intake (22) of a nacelle (14) of a propulsion unit, includes a coating (26) for the acoustic treatment that includes—from the outside to the inside—an acoustically resistive porous layer tha... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294883 | AERODYNAMIC SEAL FOR REDUCTION OF NOISE GENERATED ON AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACES Flap side edge noise mechanisms have been addressed in a large number of studies during the last decades. A specific vortex system emanates from the flap side edge due to the static pressure difference between the upper and lower flap surfaces. Such pressure difference ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100288876 | BLUFF BODY NOISE CONTROL An aircraft noise-reduction apparatus comprise a flow-facing element (1) and a flow control device (2) positioned downstream of the flow-facing element (1). The flow control device (2) is arranged, in use, to reduce noise induced by unsteady ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100282900 | System for Reducing Aerodynamic Noise at a Supplementary Wing of an Aircraft A system for reducing aerodynamic noise of a supplementary wing of an aircraft is provided. The supplementary wing is hinged to a main wing and is extendable when a gap region between the main wing and the supplementary wing is opened. The system includes a separating s... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100264264 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AIRCRAFT WITH REDUCED ENVRIONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE AIRCRAFT THUS OBTAINED A method for producing an aircraft with reduced environmental impact and the aircraft thus obtained. According to the invention, the aircraft comprises at least one turboprop (9) with two contrarotating propellers (11, 12) pla... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100252677 | AEROPLANE WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC COMFORT An aircraft includes a cabin in which at least part of the space is demarcated by trim panels and the cabin is provided with a system for the active control of ambient noise. Each trim panel is either an active panel including actuators powered by the active noise contr... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100219288 | Deployable Flap Edge Fence A method and systems are disclosed for reducing fluid flow noise. The method and systems use a thermal mechanism to deploy a flap edge fence during landing and/or other operating conditions, and stow the flap edge fence during other operational conditions such as cruise... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100181420 | COATING FOR ACOUSTIC TREATMENT THAT INTEGRATES THE FUNCTION OF HOT-AIR TREATMENT OF FROST The invention relates to a coating for acoustic treatment at the surface of an aircraft, in particular at the leading edge such as the air intake of an aircraft nacelle, said coating including an acoustically resistive layer (28), at least one cellular structure ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100170984 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR AIRCRAFT WITH SLIDING NANCELLE An aircraft engine assembly including a turbojet, a turbojet attachment pylon, and a nacelle mounted on the attachment pylon and surrounding the turbojet. The nacelle includes at least one mobile nacelle portion forming a single piece envelope all around a section of th... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100155529 | Landing gear with noise reduction fairing An aircraft noise reduction apparatus is provided which includes an aircraft landing gear assembly and a noise reduction fairing 12. The landing gear assembly comprises a landing gear 10 arranged to be moveable between a stowed position and a fully deploye... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100148001 | AIRCRAFT CABIN PANEL WITH CORE RECESSES FOR ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION An aircraft cabin panel for acoustic absorption in an interior space includes a core layer, a first cover layer and a second cover layer. The first cover layer includes a space-enclosing first surface, and the second cover layer is arranged opposite the first cover laye... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100133378 | ACOUSTIC PANEL HAVING A VARIABLE ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC An acoustic panel includes a reflective layer, at least one alveolar structure, and an acoustically resistive structure forming an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft on the surface of which at least one acoustic wave propagates along an axis of propagation (24), ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100108805 | Aircraft Landing Gear Provided With At Least One Noise Reducing Means The invention relates to a landing gear including a noise reducing means (2) comprising at least one individual net (5) which is disposed close to a component (4) of the landing gear,... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108806 | Hybrid propulsive engine including at least one independently rotatable propeller/fan One aspect relates to a method of reducing noise for an aircraft. The method includes determining a mode of operation of the aircraft or the engine. The method also includes controlling a hybrid jet engine, based on the mode of operation, to at least partially use elect... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108807 | TETHERED HOVERING PLATFORM The design and refinement of a tethered hovering platform into a feasible working system is presented. To determine a starting point for the design, a detailed historical search was conducted to find the history and the current state of such technology. Real world curre... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100084507 | REMOVABLE AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE The present invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a turbojet engine comprising an air intake structure (4) capable of ducting a flow of air towards a fan and a central structure (5) intended to surround the said fan and to which the air intake stru... | 04/08/2010 |
