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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2020
Applicants:

Airbus Sas, Blagnac, FR;

Airbus Operations Sas, Toulouse, FR;

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Matthieu Thomas, Toulouse, FR;

Anthony Roux, Toulouse, FR;

Didier Poirier, Blagnac, FR;

Olivier Verseux, Toulouse, FR;

André Anger, Hamburg, DE;

Benedikt Bammer, Taufkirchen, DE;

Guido Klewer, Hamburg, DE;

Guillaume Gallant, Toulouse, FR;

Florian Vogel, Taufkirchen, DE;

Christian Wehle, Taufkirchen, DE;

Assignees:

AIRBUS SAS, Blagnac, FR;

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse, FR;

AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.01); B64C 5/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 29/02 (2006.01); B64D 31/02 (2006.01); B60L 58/30 (2019.01); B64C 3/32 (2006.01); B64D 33/10 (2006.01); B64D 37/08 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/02 (2013.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.02); B60L 58/30 (2019.02); B64C 3/32 (2013.01); B64C 5/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 29/02 (2013.01); B64D 31/02 (2013.01); B64D 33/10 (2013.01); B64D 37/08 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autonomous propeller propulsion system for an aircraft. The autonomous system comprises a chassis with first attachment systems which engage with second attachment systems of the wing to ensure detachable attachment of the autonomous system, a fuel cell attached to the chassis, an electric motor attached to the chassis and having an output shaft, a propshaft rotated by the output shaft, a propeller attached to the propshaft, a controller converting an electric current delivered by the fuel cells into an electric current delivered to the electric motor, a hydrogen feed duct and an air feed duct, a set of auxiliary equipment, and a first connection arrangement, which connects with a second connection arrangement of the aircraft.


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