Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tiltrotor articulated wing extension
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Application No.: US15271721Application Date: 2016-09-21
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Publication No.: US10414483B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Steven Ray Ivans , Brent Chadwick Ross
- 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: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C1/26 ; B64C1/30 ; B64C11/28 ; B64C27/50
Abstract:
An aircraft has a wing, a pylon carried by the wing, at least one of a rotor system component and a drive system component disposed within the pylon, and a wing extension carried by the at least one of a rotor system component and drive system component, wherein the wing extension is foldable relative to the pylon to selectively reduce an overall space occupied by the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180079487A1 Tiltrotor Articulated Wing Extension Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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