公开(公告)号：US20230210253A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17569152

申请日：2022-01-05

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Michael Ross Wilkinson ,  James Everett Kooiman ,  Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith ,  Jeffrey Matthew Williams ,  Tjepke Heeringa ,  David G. Carlson

IPC: A47B5/00 ,  B64D11/00

CPC classification number: A47B5/00 ,  B64D11/00 ,  A47B2200/0066

Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage having a former therein and a work platform system. The work platform system includes a platform that is moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The work platform system also has a hinge pin received by the platform. A platform stop is carried by the former and configured to inhibit rotation of the platform about the hinge pin when the platform is in the deployed configuration. The hinge pin is carried by the former.

公开(公告)号：US20230211868A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17569167

申请日：2022-01-05

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Michael Ross Wilkinson ,  James Everett Kooiman ,  Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith ,  Jeffrey Matthew Williams ,  Tjepke Heeringa ,  David G. Carlson

IPC: B64C1/24

CPC classification number: B64C1/24

Abstract: A folding step system includes a housing forming an interior space and a step comprising a step surface. The step is movable between a stowed configuration in which substantially all of the step surface is disposed within the interior space and a deployed configuration in which at least a portion of the step surface is disposed outside of the interior space and at least a portion of the step surface is disposed within the interior space.