公开(公告)号：US20240034465A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US17873983

申请日：2022-07-26

Applicant: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.

Inventor： Steven R. Ivans ,  Danielle Lynn Moore ,  William Anthony Amante ,  Kip Gregory Campbell ,  Mathew Chapdelaine ,  Brian John Cox ,  Carey Andrew Cross ,  Steve Michael Loveland ,  Bradley Paul Regnier ,  Robert W. Roe ,  Steve R. Schafer

IPC: B64C27/82 ,  B64C27/20

CPC classification number: B64C27/82 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C2027/829 ,  B64C2027/8272

Abstract: One embodiment is an apparatus for inhibiting accidental contact by a human with a tail rotor connected to an empennage of an aircraft. The apparatus includes an inverted V-tail connected to an empennage of the aircraft forward of the tail rotor, the inverted V-tail stabilizer comprising a first V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected and a second V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage opposite the side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected; and a shroud bar having a first end connected to an outboard end of the first V-tail stabilizer and a second end opposite the first end connected to the empennage aft of the tail rotor, wherein a horizontal distance from the shroud bar to the tail rotor is greater than a length of an arm of the human.