Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft frame for tailstrike angle enhancement
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Application No.: US14565892Application Date: 2014-12-10
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Publication No.: US10093406B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Mithra Sankrithi
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman PC
- Main IPC: B64C1/06
- IPC: B64C1/06 ; B64C1/00 ; B64C25/00

Abstract:
A wedge frame for an aircraft that provides tailstrike angle enhancement. The wedge frame has converging, non-parallel faceplanes that tilt a rear portion of the aircraft fuselage upward in order to prevent or reduce risk of the tail of the aircraft striking the ground during takeoff and landing. A method to prevent or reduce risk of the rear portion of an aircraft from striking the ground during takeoff and landing by using a wedge frame having converging, non-parallel faceplanes to tilt upward the rear portion of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160311512A1 AIRCRAFT FRAME FOR TAILSTRIKE ANGLE ENHANCEMENT Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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