Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft hub fairing with movable members
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Application No.: US15598343Application Date: 2017-05-18
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Publication No.: US10589841B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Jared M. Paulson , Tyler W. Baldwin
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Timmer Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C11/14
- IPC: B64C11/14 ; B64C27/50 ; B64C7/00 ; B64C27/04 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
In one aspect, a spinner fairing includes a base configured to be fixed relative to a hub system; a movable spinner assembly movable relative to the base; the movable spinner assembly comprising a first movable member and a second movable member. Each first and second movable member being selectively configurable between a closed position and a contracted position, in which the movable spinner assembly has a decreased shape and/or volume. In another embodiment, a spinner fairing can include at least one static member and a moveable member. In still another embodiment, a rotor head fairing assembly includes an upper housing and a lower housing coupled to a hub system; the upper housing including an upper movable member; the lower housing comprising a lower movable member. In yet another embodiment, a rotor head fairing includes at least one moveable upper housing and lower housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180334240A1 AIRCRAFT HUB FAIRING WITH MOVABLE MEMBERS Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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