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公开(公告)号：US10926861B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US15997547
申请日：2018-06-04
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Joseph Daniel Leachman , Danielle Vann
Abstract: In an example, a puck configured to be embedded in a structure of a rotorcraft creates a cavity in the structure and includes an attachment post for coupling a component to the structure in which the puck is embedded. A puck cover can be configured to cover the cavity in the structure and the puck cover can include a top cover surface to cover the cavity, a center support, and plurality of extensions, where the plurality of extensions coupled with the attachment post.
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公开(公告)号：US10913542B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-09
申请号：US16047503
申请日：2018-07-27
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： James E. King , William Scott Atkins , George R. Decker
IPC: B64D35/00 , F16H57/025 , B64C29/00 , F16H57/02
Abstract: A wing is provided in one example embodiment and may include an outboard rib; a proprotor gearbox, wherein the proprotor gearbox is located inboard of the outboard rib; a fitting attached to the proprotor gearbox; and a conversion actuator, wherein the conversion actuator is attached to the wing and is mechanically coupled to the fitting. The wing may further include a downstop striker in which the downstop striker may be mounted to the fitting and the downstop striker may be between the proprotor gearbox and the conversion actuator. The wing may further include a downstop mounted on a top side of the outboard rib, wherein the downstop and the downstop striker are aligned to be in contact when the proprotor gearbox is positioned in an airplane mode.
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公开(公告)号：USD909278S1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-02
申请号：US29670337
申请日：2018-11-15
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Designer： Jeffrey M. Williams , James E. Kooiman , Clegg Smith , Lynn F. Eschete , Jason P. Winter , Michael E. Rinehart , Troy T. Bushmire
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公开(公告)号：US10899084B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-26
申请号：US16036228
申请日：2018-07-16
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Suvankar Mishra , Jesse J. Wrabel , Vance N. Cribb, III
Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include forming a ply stack comprising a plurality of uncured composite plies, wherein one or more uncured composite ply of the plurality of uncured composite plies comprises a plurality of perforations that extend, at least partially, through a thickness of the one or more uncured composite ply; and compacting the ply stack to form a composite structure. The plurality of perforations may provide paths for volatiles to be removed through the thickness of the one or more uncured composite ply of the ply stack during the compacting. Volatiles may also be removed through edges of the ply stack during the compacting. In some instances, all uncured composite plies of the ply stack may include a plurality of perforations that extend, at least partially, through the thickness of each uncured composite ply.
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公开(公告)号：US10858094B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US16030406
申请日：2018-07-09
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Amarjit Kizhakkepat , Glenn Alan Shimek
Abstract: A method of blade fold for a tiltrotor aircraft includes configuring the tiltrotor aircraft in a flight ready position with a rotor system in an inverted-Y position, unlocking a first rotor blade of the rotor system to permit the first rotor blade to pivot relative to a yoke of the rotor system, restraining the first rotor blade to allow the first rotor blade to pivot relative to the yoke as the yoke is rotated, rotating the rotor system in a first direction so that the first rotor blade pivots closer to a second rotor blade, rotating the rotor system in a second direction to orient the rotor system into a modified inverted-Y position, unlocking a third rotor blade to allow the third rotor blade to pivot relative to the yoke as the yoke is rotated, and rotating the rotor system in the second direction so that the third rotor blade pivots closer to the second rotor blade.
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公开(公告)号：US10858091B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US16047907
申请日：2018-07-27
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： John C. Larkin, III , Emery N. Ward , William P. Sumner , Ricky Jenkins , Brian Lafon
Abstract: In a first aspect, there is a helicopter skid landing gear assembly including a front cross tube configured to interconnect two skid tubes; and a rear cross tube configured to interconnect two skid tubes; wherein at least one of the cross tubes comprises a monolithic metallic tube having a cross-section with a round exterior shape and an elliptical hollow portion therein. In a second aspect, there is a method for retrofitting a helicopter with a landing gear assembly; the method including providing a front cross tube and a rear cross tube, at least one of the front cross tube and the rear cross tube comprises a monolithic metallic tube having a cross-section with a substantially round exterior shape and an elliptical hollow portion therein; and connecting the front cross tube and rear cross tube to a fuselage.
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公开(公告)号：US10850474B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-01
申请号：US15878301
申请日：2018-01-23
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Abstract: A method of fabricating a panel includes laying up a first laminate on a tooling surface, laying a first layer of thermoplastic on an inner surface of the first laminate, laying a large cell carbon core on the first layer of thermoplastic, laying a second layer of thermoplastic across the large cell carbon core, laying a second laminate on the second layer of thermoplastic, creating a sealed core pocket by bonding the edges of the first and second layers of the thermoplastic surrounding a perimeter of the core, increasing pressure within the core pocket, increasing pressure on the outer surface of the second laminate, heating the panel to a desired curing temperature, and maintaining the increased pressures and temperature for a desired curing duration.
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公开(公告)号：US20200348695A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16399893
申请日：2019-04-30
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Kip Gregory Campbell
Abstract: According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a method for determining angle-of-attack for an unpowered vehicle is disclosed. The method includes: determining a monotonic portion of a look-up curve of an angle-of-attack operating plot; during flight, determining, by an accelerometer disposed on the unpowered vehicle, first and second accelerometer outputs, where the first and second accelerometer outputs correspond to first and second body-fixed load factor measurements, respectively; determining an operating point on the monotonic portion by applying a quotient of the first and second accelerometer outputs to the angle-of-attack operating plot; and determining an angle-of-attack parameter corresponding to the determined operating point.
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公开(公告)号：US20200348332A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16400916
申请日：2019-05-01
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Andrew Vincent Louis , Daniel Bryan Robertson , Matthew Edward Louis
Abstract: A pitot-static array system for a tail-sitting aircraft has a disk with a plurality of edge ports arrayed about an edge of the disk. Each of a plurality of pressure transducers is configured to measure air pressure at one of the edge ports. The edge ports are arrayed about an axis parallel to a pitch axis of the aircraft.
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公开(公告)号：US20200346737A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16399936
申请日：2019-04-30
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor： Eric Sinusas , Guillaume Noiseux-Boucher , Olivier Boisvert , Nicolas Doyon , Sebastien Duval
Abstract: According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a stabilizer of an aircraft includes an energy attenuating portion. The energy attenuating portion includes first and second edge sections separated by an adaptable section. The adaptable section may be rigid in a first range of directions and compressible in a second range of directions.
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