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公开(公告)号:US11279464B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16574459
申请日:2019-09-18
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
摘要: An aircraft includes a pylon rotatable relative to a wing, a proprotor assembly carried by the pylon, the proprotor assembly have a proprotor blade that is foldable to a stowed position extending substantially parallel to the pylon, and a fluidic clamp positioned with the pylon and configured to grip the proprotor blade when in the stowed position, the fluidic clamp including a first inflatable bladder positioned on a first side of an opening for receiving a portion of a proprotor blade and a pressurized fluid source in fluid connection with the first inflatable bladder.
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公开(公告)号:US11325719B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-10
申请号:US16792997
申请日:2020-02-18
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
摘要: Embodiments are directed to a selectable drive system that allows a rotor gearbox to send torque to a proprotor assembly and/or through a multiplier planetary gear set to a pylon-mounted ducted fan thrust unit. The rotor drive system may be a stop-fold system in which rotor blades can be folded when not rotating. This allows a normally idle lift engine to provide additional aircraft thrust during cruise where an aircraft is typically using only a dedicated thrust engine for high speed flight. An inline engage/disengage actuator or “shift fork” on the rotor gearbox is used to select the torque-output direction. The multiplier planetary gear set increases the output RPM that is received from the rotor gearbox and that is applied to the thrust fan unit.
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公开(公告)号:US11059566B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-13
申请号:US16590618
申请日:2019-10-02
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
摘要: An exemplary proprotor blade assembly includes a structural skin extending spanwise from a root to a tip and along a chord from leading edge to a trailing edge and a structural core positioned inside of the structural skin, the structural skin comprising hex-shaped structures oriented normal to the structural skin.
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公开(公告)号:US11753167B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17112446
申请日:2020-12-04
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
IPC分类号: B64D11/06 , E05F15/622 , B64C1/14
CPC分类号: B64D11/0601 , B64C1/1415 , B64C1/1461 , B64D11/064 , E05F15/622 , E05Y2900/502
摘要: An embodiment is a system including an external passenger seating unit comprising at least one seat; and a translation mechanism for translating the external passenger seating unit between a first position in which the external passenger seating unit is stowed in a payload bay of an aircraft and a second position in which the external passenger seating unit is deployed external to the aircraft for accommodating at least one passenger.
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公开(公告)号:US11498672B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-15
申请号:US16585975
申请日:2019-09-27
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
摘要: An exemplary clamp system for securing a proprotor blade in a stowed position includes a clamp having a pair of opposing pads operable between an open position to receive a portion of a proprotor blade between the pair of opposing pads and a closed position to grip the portion of the proprotor blade with the pair of opposing pads and a rotary actuator in connection with the clamp to operate the clamp between the open and the closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US20220169389A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
申请号:US17112446
申请日:2020-12-04
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
IPC分类号: B64D11/06 , B64C1/14 , E05F15/622
摘要: An embodiment is a system including an external passenger seating unit comprising at least one seat; and a translation mechanism for translating the external passenger seating unit between a first position in which the external passenger seating unit is stowed in a payload bay of an aircraft and a second position in which the external passenger seating unit is deployed external to the aircraft for accommodating at least one passenger.
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公开(公告)号:US20210253233A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US16792997
申请日:2020-02-18
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
摘要: Embodiments are directed to a selectable drive system that allows a rotor gearbox to send torque to a proprotor assembly and/or through a multiplier planetary gear set to a pylon-mounted ducted fan thrust unit. The rotor drive system may be a stop-fold system in which rotor blades can be folded when not rotating. This allows a normally idle lift engine to provide additional aircraft thrust during cruise where an aircraft is typically using only a dedicated thrust engine for high speed flight. An inline engage/disengage actuator or “shift fork” on the rotor gearbox is used to select the torque-output direction. The multiplier planetary gear set increases the output RPM that is received from the rotor gearbox and that is applied to the thrust fan unit.
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公开(公告)号:US11052993B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16599483
申请日:2019-10-11
申请人: Bell Textron Inc.
IPC分类号: B64C27/57 , F16F3/02 , B64C11/28 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/80 , B64C27/605 , B64C11/38 , B64C27/59 , B64C11/32 , B64C27/64
摘要: An exemplary spring-loaded link for an aircraft including a spring interposed between a first and a second rod, the spring, when compressed, urging the first rod and the second rod away from each other.
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