公开(公告)号：US10752333B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US15722163

申请日：2017-10-02

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： John Elton Brunken, Jr. ,  Andrew G. Baines ,  James Everett Kooiman ,  John Richard McCullough ,  Brett Rodney Zimmerman

IPC: B64C1/26 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C3/18 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64C27/28 ,  B64C27/26

Abstract: An airframe for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing airframe including a rib, a fuselage airframe including a fore-aft overhead beam and a cradle support assembly. The cradle support assembly includes a forward wing support coupled to the fore-aft overhead beam and the wing airframe and an aft wing support coupled to the fore-aft overhead beam and the wing airframe. The rib, the fore-aft overhead beam, the forward wing support and the aft wing support are substantially aligned to form a wing-fuselage integrated airframe beam assembly to support the wing airframe.

公开(公告)号：US10994835B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15718592

申请日：2017-09-28

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： John Richard McCullough ,  Paul K. Oldroyd ,  Brett Rodney Zimmerman

IPC: B64C27/00 ,  B64C27/06 ,  B64C27/473

Abstract: An inertia weight assembly positionable within a receiving portion of a rotor blade for use on a rotorcraft. The inertia weight assembly includes a weighted core and a casing having a closed outboard end and forming a cavity. The weighted core is disposed in the cavity such that the casing at least partially encloses the weighted core. The weighted core is formed from a first material and the casing is formed from a second material that is dissimilar to the first material. The casing provides an interface between the weighted core and the receiving portion of the rotor blade. The second material is more bondable to the receiving portion of the rotor blade than the first material.

公开(公告)号：US10814967B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US15688165

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga ,  Daniel Bryan Robertson ,  Brett Rodney Zimmerman

IPC: B64C39/00 ,  B64C11/00 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: A cargo transportation system includes a cargo platform having an upper surface and a perimeter. A propulsion system is disposed about the perimeter of the cargo platform. The propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies, each including a propulsion unit disposed within a housing defining an airflow channel having an air inlet for incoming air and an air outlet for outgoing air such that the outgoing air is operable to generate at least vertical lift. A power system disposed within the cargo platform provides energy to drive the propulsion system. A flight control system operably associated with the propulsion system and the power system controls flight operations of the cargo transportation system.