Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wing extension winglets for tiltrotor aircraft
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Application No.: US15269862Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US10266252B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Adam Bryant Anderson , Steven Ray Ivans , Jeremy Robert Chavez
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06 ; B64C3/38 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
A pylon assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a rotor assembly operable to rotate between a generally vertical orientation, in a VTOL flight mode, and a generally horizontal orientation, in a forward flight mode, and having an intermediate orientation therebetween, in a conversion flight mode. The rotor assembly includes a proprotor operable to produce a slipstream. A wing extension, positioned outboard of the rotor assembly, has a minimal dimension and an outboard end. A winglet is coupled to the outboard end of the wing extension and has a minimal dimension. The wing extension and the winglet are operable to rotate generally with the rotor assembly such that the minimal dimensions of the wing extension and the winglet remain in the slipstream of the proprotor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180079493A1 Wing Extension Winglets for Tiltrotor Aircraft Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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