公开(公告)号：US20230257100A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18137000

申请日：2023-04-20

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Robert W. Roe ,  Mark L. Isaac

IPC: B64C3/32 ,  B64C29/00

CPC classification number: B64C3/32 ,  B64C29/0033

Abstract: A wing for an aircraft includes a first end, a second end, and a skin extending longitudinally from the first end to the second end. The wing also includes at least one channel positioned within the skin and extending longitudinally between the first and second ends. The at least one channel defines a longitudinal translation path for translating at least one electrical power source longitudinally between the first and second ends.

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.