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公开(公告)号：US11719018B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-08
申请号：US16915377
申请日：2020-06-29
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： William Anthony Amante , Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa , Darpan Bansal
CPC classification number: E05B1/0015 , B64C1/1461 , B64C29/0033
Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.
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公开(公告)号：US11697486B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US16596922
申请日：2019-10-09
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Nicholas Ralph Carlson , William Anthony Amante , Timothy Brian Carr
IPC: B64C1/06
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an aircraft fuselage comprises two keel beams and two roof beams. Each keel beam is formed as a single component having no joints. Each keel beam comprises a first portion that is configured to define a floor of an aircraft and a second portion that is configured to define a tail section of an aircraft. The second portion is positioned at an angle relative to the first portion. Each roof beam is coupled to the second portion of a corresponding keel beam at a point remote from the first portion. Each roof beam and a corresponding keel beam are positioned along a single butt line relative to an aircraft fuselage centerline. Frame members are coupled to both keel beams and both roof beams.
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公开(公告)号：US11479338B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-25
申请号：US17037082
申请日：2020-09-29
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Timothy Brian Carr , William Anthony Amante , Michael Reaugh Smith
Abstract: In an embodiment, a ducted fan assembly includes a housing that further includes a rotor. The ducted fan assembly also includes a rim that extends around at least a portion of a perimeter of the ducted fan assembly, where the rim defines an opening surrounding at least a portion of the housing. The ducted fan assembly also includes a skin that is attached to the rim and extends around the at least a portion of a perimeter of the ducted fan assembly to form a leading edge of the ducted fan assembly. The ducted fan assembly also includes a blade positioned on the rim underneath the skin.
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公开(公告)号：US11685502B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-27
申请号：US16916732
申请日：2020-06-30
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. , Timothy Brian Carr , Nicholas Hou , William Anthony Amante
CPC classification number: B64C1/061 , B64C1/40 , B64C2001/0081
Abstract: A replaceable web structure for an aircraft frame is described and includes a plurality of structural members fabricated from a first type of material, the replaceable web structure comprising a plurality of web members fabricated from thin sheets of a second type of material, wherein each of the web members is fastened to a web frame of one of the structural members to replace a web portion of the one of the structural members; wherein the second type of material is stronger than the first type of material such that one of the sheets of the second type of material is lighter weight than a sheet of equal strength of the first type of material.
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公开(公告)号：US11560222B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-24
申请号：US16679018
申请日：2019-11-08
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Karl Schroeder , Timothy Brian Carr , David G. Carlson , Kevin Stump , William Anthony Amante , Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr.
Abstract: A duct for a ducted-rotor aircraft may include an internal structure and an aerodynamic exterior skin that is adhesively bonded to the internal structure. The skin may include a leading-edge portion disposed at an inlet of the duct and an inner portion disposed along an interior of the duct. The inner portion of the skin may be bonded to the internal structure with a first bondline of adhesive and the leading-edge portion of the skin may be bonded to the inner portion of the skin with a second bondline of adhesive. One or both of the first and second bondlines of adhesive may be of non-uniform thickness to take up tolerance stackups between the inner portion of the skin, the leading-edge portion of the skin, and the internal structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20210363780A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-25
申请号：US16915377
申请日：2020-06-29
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： William Anthony Amante , Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa , Darpan Bansal
Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.
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公开(公告)号：US20210318143A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-14
申请号：US16846372
申请日：2020-04-12
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Grant Michael Beall , William Anthony Amante , Jessica Arlie Revere
Abstract: A resolver assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft is configured to detect and measure rotation of a spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly includes first and second gear-driven resolvers. The first and second resolvers are coupled about a shared pivot axis and are independently pivotable about the pivot axis to maintain engagement of the first and second resolvers with the spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly is configured such that the first and second resolvers are biased toward the spindle. The input shafts of the first and second resolvers are spaced from the pivot axis through respective first and second distances that extend outward from the pivot axis along respective first and second radial directions. The first distance is equal to the second distance and the first radial direction is not coincident with the second radial direction.
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公开(公告)号：US20210197953A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US16732052
申请日：2019-12-31
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Karl Schroeder , William Anthony Amante , Kip Gregory Campbell
Abstract: A ducted-rotor aircraft may include a fuselage and first and second ducts that are coupled to the fuselage at respective first and second locations. The first location may be on a first side of a fuselage of the aircraft and spaced from a nominal yaw axis of the aircraft. The second location may be on an opposed second side of the fuselage and spaced from the nominal yaw axis. Each duct may include a rotor that is disposed in an opening that extends through the duct. Each rotor may include a plurality of blades. Each duct may further include a control vane that is mounted aft of the plurality of blades and that is pivotable about a vane axis that is oriented toward the nominal yaw axis.
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公开(公告)号：US11643186B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-09
申请号：US16679121
申请日：2019-11-08
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： Karl Schroeder , William Anthony Amante , Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. , Christopher Marion Johnson
CPC classification number: B64C11/001 , B64C11/02 , B64C11/46 , B64D27/26 , B64C29/0033 , B64D2027/264
Abstract: A duct for a ducted-rotor aircraft may include internal structural components such as a spindle that is supported by a fuselage of the aircraft, first and second annular spars that are attached to an end of the spindle, a central hub that supports a motor of the aircraft, a plurality of stators that extend from the central hub to the second spar, and a plurality of ribs that are attached to the first spar and the second spar at respective opposed ends. The spindle may include an attachment interface to which the first and second spars are attached. The attachment interface may be disposed at the second end of the spindle. The attachment interface may define first and second arc-shaped planar surfaces to which the first and second spars, respectively, are attached.
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公开(公告)号：US11634216B2
公开(公告)日：2023-04-25
申请号：US17036798
申请日：2020-09-29
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor： William Anthony Amante , Timothy Brian Carr
Abstract: In an embodiment, a ducted fan assembly includes a housing that further includes a rotor. The ducted fan assembly also includes a plurality of stators that extend outward from the housing. The ducted fan assembly also includes a control vane pivotally attached to at least one of the plurality of stators. The ducted fan assembly also includes a rim that extends around at least a portion of a perimeter of the ducted fan assembly and is supported by the plurality of stators and the control vane, where the rim defines an opening surrounding at least a portion of the housing.
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