公开(公告)号：US20180356179A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15617889

申请日：2017-06-08

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Robert Wesley Matson ,  David Kimble Huber

IPC: F41B11/73 ,  F41B11/62

CPC classification number: F41B11/73 ,  F41B11/62

Abstract: An air cannon has a barrel and a sabot sized to fit within the barrel and configured to engage a projectile located within the barrel forward of the sabot. A flexible cord connects the sabot to a fixed location relative to the barrel. Forward motion of the sabot is decelerated by the cord after the sabot exits the forward end of the barrel, and the sabot is retained by the cord near the forward end of the barrel.

公开(公告)号：US20200017710A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16289600

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： William P. Sumner ,  William Lewis Neal, II ,  Robert Matson ,  David Kimble Huber

IPC: C09D175/04 ,  B64C1/14

Abstract: Briefly, the disclosure relates to films, such as polyurethane films, which may be utilized to coat a windshield of an aircraft, such as a rotary-wing or a fixed-wing aircraft. In particular implementations, prior to application of a polyurethane film to an aircraft windshield, the polyurethane film may be exposed to an elevated temperature for an appropriate duration, which may operate to decrease stresses internal to the polyurethane film as well as to soften the polyurethane film. A slip solution may be applied to the aircraft windshield, so as to permit sliding of the polyurethane film relative to the windshield. After application of the slip solution, a tack solution may be applied, which may operate to remove the slip solution, thereby permitting the polyurethane film to be affixed to the windshield.

公开(公告)号：US10151555B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15617889

申请日：2017-06-08

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Robert Wesley Matson ,  David Kimble Huber

IPC: F41B11/62 ,  F41F1/00 ,  F41B11/73

CPC classification number: F41B11/73 ,  F41B11/62

Abstract: An air cannon has a barrel and a sabot sized to fit within the barrel and configured to engage a projectile located within the barrel forward of the sabot. A flexible cord connects the sabot to a fixed location relative to the barrel. Forward motion of the sabot is decelerated by the cord after the sabot exits the forward end of the barrel, and the sabot is retained by the cord near the forward end of the barrel.