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公开(公告)号：US20220227478A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-21
申请号：US17714967
申请日：2022-04-06
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： George Ryan Decker , Andrew G. Baines , Frank Douglas Sauer
Abstract: A compliant tail structure for a rotorcraft having rotating components and a fuselage. The tail structure includes a tail assembly having first and second oppositely disposed tail members. A tail joint connects the tail assembly to an aft portion of the fuselage. The tail joint includes at least four tail mounts configured to establish a nodding axis for the tail assembly. At least two of the tail mounts are resilient tail mounts that are configured to establish a nodding degree of freedom for the tail assembly relative to the fuselage about the nodding axis, thereby detuning dynamic fuselage responses from excitation frequencies generated by the rotating components.
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公开(公告)号：US11840330B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-12
申请号：US17183510
申请日：2021-02-24
Applicant: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Inventor： Evan Butler Bennett , George Ryan Decker , Thomas Earl Johnson
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64C19/00
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a tiltrotor aircraft having a wing, a proprotor pivotably mounted on the wing, and a downstop striker attached to the proprotor using a load pin, wherein the load pin is configured to generate an output signal representing a force between the proprotor and the wing. A downstop mounted on the wing is aligned to be in contact with the downstop striker when the proprotor is in a horizontal position. A conversion actuator moves the proprotor between a horizontal position and vertical position. A flight control computer is coupled to the output signal from the load pin and configured to control the conversion actuator, wherein the flight control computer is configured to cause the conversion actuator to increase the force if the force is less than a first selected preload value or to decrease the force if the force is greater than a second selected preload value.
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公开(公告)号：US11603183B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-14
申请号：US17714967
申请日：2022-04-06
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： George Ryan Decker , Andrew G. Baines , Frank Douglas Sauer
Abstract: A compliant tail structure for a rotorcraft having rotating components and a fuselage. The tail structure includes a tail assembly having first and second oppositely disposed tail members. A tail joint connects the tail assembly to an aft portion of the fuselage. The tail joint includes at least four tail mounts configured to establish a nodding axis for the tail assembly. At least two of the tail mounts are resilient tail mounts that are configured to establish a nodding degree of freedom for the tail assembly relative to the fuselage about the nodding axis, thereby detuning dynamic fuselage responses from excitation frequencies generated by the rotating components.
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公开(公告)号：US11148798B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-19
申请号：US16015760
申请日：2018-06-22
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Colton Gilliland , Jeffrey Williams , Michael E. Rinehart , James Kooiman , Mark Przybyla , Clegg Smith , Eric Stephen Olson , George Ryan Decker , David Russell Bockmiller
Abstract: A tiltrotor aircraft includes a propulsion system with a fixed engine and a rotatable proprotor. The engine is located on the top surface of the wing of the tiltrotor aircraft, and the rotatable proprotor assembly is also mounted on the top surface of the wing. The engine and proprotor assembly are connected via a series of one or more gearboxes that route the engine output from the engine to the proprotor.
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公开(公告)号：US11319056B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-03
申请号：US16788888
申请日：2020-02-12
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Jeffrey Matthew Williams , George Ryan Decker , Michael Edwin Rinehart , Andrew G. Baines , James Elbert King
Abstract: A propulsion and lift system of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end, a wing tip assembly having an inboard end, a fixed nacelle coupled to the wing tip assembly and a wing-nacelle splice assembly having inboard and outboard sides. The inboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the outboard end of the wing, and the outboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the inboard end of the wing tip assembly, thereby coupling the fixed nacelle to the wing.
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公开(公告)号：US11319055B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-03
申请号：US16558071
申请日：2019-08-31
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： George Ryan Decker , Andrew G. Baines , Frank Douglas Sauer
Abstract: A compliant tail structure for a rotorcraft having rotating components and a fuselage. The tail structure includes a tail assembly having first and second oppositely disposed tail members. A tail joint connects the tail assembly to an aft portion of the fuselage. The tail joint includes at least four tail mounts configured to establish a nodding axis for the tail assembly. At least two of the tail mounts are resilient tail mounts that are configured to establish a nodding degree of freedom for the tail assembly relative to the fuselage about the nodding axis, thereby detuning dynamic fuselage responses from excitation frequencies generated by the rotating components.
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公开(公告)号：US10604232B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-31
申请号：US15787148
申请日：2017-10-18
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Jeffrey Matthew Williams , George Ryan Decker , Michael Edwin Rinehart , Andrew G. Baines , James Elbert King
Abstract: A propulsion and lift system of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end, a wing tip assembly having an inboard end, a fixed nacelle coupled to the wing tip assembly and a wing-nacelle splice assembly having inboard and outboard sides. The inboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the outboard end of the wing, and the outboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the inboard end of the wing tip assembly, thereby coupling the fixed nacelle to the wing.
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公开(公告)号：US10597134B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-24
申请号：US15437198
申请日：2017-02-20
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： George Ryan Decker
Abstract: An adhesive joint for an aircraft includes a first aircraft component having a first surface forming one or more isolation grooves, a second aircraft component having a second surface and an adhesive forming a bondline between the first and second surfaces to bond the first aircraft component to the second aircraft component. The adhesive substantially fills the one or more isolation grooves to form at least one disbond arrest boundary. The at least one disbond arrest boundary is operable to prevent a disbond in the bondline from traversing therethrough, thereby preventing the disbond from propagating along the bondline across the at least one disbond arrest boundary.
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公开(公告)号：US20220266997A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-25
申请号：US17183510
申请日：2021-02-24
Applicant: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Inventor： Evan Butler Bennett , George Ryan Decker , Thomas Earl Johnson
IPC: B64C29/00
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a tiltrotor aircraft having a wing, a proprotor pivotably mounted on the wing, and a downstop striker attached to the proprotor using a load pin, wherein the load pin is configured to generate an output signal representing a force between the proprotor and the wing. A downstop mounted on the wing is aligned to be in contact with the downstop striker when the proprotor is in a horizontal position. A conversion actuator moves the proprotor between a horizontal position and vertical position. A flight control computer is coupled to the output signal from the load pin and configured to control the conversion actuator, wherein the flight control computer is configured to cause the conversion actuator to increase the force if the force is less than a first selected preload value or to decrease the force if the force is greater than a second selected preload value.
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公开(公告)号：US11338916B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-24
申请号：US16014441
申请日：2018-06-21
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Colton Gilliland , Jeffrey Williams , Michael E. Rinehart , James Kooiman , Mark Przybyla , Clegg Smith , Eric Stephen Olson , George Ryan Decker , David Russell Bockmiller
Abstract: A tiltrotor aircraft includes a propulsion system with a fixed engine and a rotatable proprotor. The engine is located below the wing of the tiltrotor aircraft, and the rotatable proprotor assembly is mounted on the top surface of the wing. The engine and proprotor assembly are connected via a series of one or more gearboxes that route the engine output from the engine to the proprotor.
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