Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cable-free and strut-free fairing for supporting a person
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Application No.: US15684628Application Date: 2017-08-23
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Publication No.: US10661880B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Brent Scannell , Dinesh Sharma
- 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: B64C1/14
- IPC: B64C1/14 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C1/24 ; B64D29/08 ; B64C7/00 ; B64C27/06

Abstract:
One example of a fairing for a rotorcraft includes a core material, an inner housing on a side of the core material, an outer housing on another side of the core material opposite the inner housing, and a hinge. The hinge is configured to move the fairing between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the inner housing is configured to receive a foot traffic load while the outer housing is configured to transfer the foot traffic load to a fuselage of the rotorcraft. In the closed position, the inner housing is configured to stow in a compartment of the rotorcraft while the outer housing is configured to provide an outer mold line of the rotorcraft in the closed position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190061902A1 CABLE-FREE AND STRUT-FREE FAIRING FOR SUPPORTING A PERSON Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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