Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuselage to wing attachment
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Application No.: US16018862Application Date: 2018-06-26
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Publication No.: US10407152B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: James Everett Kooiman , Mark Loring Isaac , John Elton Brunken, Jr. , John McCullough
- 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: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: B64C1/26
- IPC: B64C1/26 ; B64C1/14 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an aircraft features a fuselage, a wing member, and two fuselage beam. The fuselage features a first plurality of structural supports, a second plurality of structural supports, a first opening disposed between the first plurality of structural supports, and a second opening disposed between the second plurality of structural supports. The wing member is disposed above the first opening and above the second opening. The wing features a plurality of ribs including a first rib and a second rib. The first fuselage beam couples the first rib of the wing member to the fuselage and has an elongated body portion extending across the first plurality of structural supports. The second fuselage beam couples the second rib of the wing member to the fuselage and features an elongated body portion extending across the second plurality of structural supports.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180354602A1 FUSELAGE TO WING ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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