Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft with a hot air exhaust that comprises two pivotally mounted exhaust sections
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Application No.: US15364550Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10527000B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Christian Wellhausen
- Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Donauworth
- Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Donauworth
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: EP15400054 20151216
- Main IPC: F02K1/04
- IPC: F02K1/04 ; F02K1/00 ; B64D33/04 ; F02K9/84 ; F02K9/80

Abstract:
An aircraft with at least one engine that generates a hot air flow in operation of the aircraft, wherein at least one hot air exhaust is provided for exhausting the generated hot air flow, the at least one hot air exhaust comprising at least one first exhaust section that is mounted in a rotatable manner to at least one second exhaust section via an associated off-axis swivel joint, wherein an actuating member is provided that is adapted for applying a turning moment to the at least one second exhaust section in operation of the aircraft in order to displace a longitudinal axis of the at least one second exhaust section with respect to a longitudinal axis of the at least one first exhaust section by a predetermined displacement angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170175673A1 AIRCRAFT WITH A HOT AIR EXHAUST THAT COMPRISES TWO PIVOTALLY MOUNTED EXHAUST SECTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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