Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft provided with a buoyancy system, and a buoyancy method
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Application No.: US17174388Application Date: 2021-02-12
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Publication No.: US11584518B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Louis Delorme , Pierre Prud'homme Lacroix
- Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Applicant Address: FR Marignane
- Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Marignane
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: FR1770571 20170602
- Main IPC: B64C25/56
- IPC: B64C25/56 ; B64C25/54 ; B64C27/04 ; B64C25/32 ; G05D7/06
Abstract:
A buoyancy method for deploying a plurality of floats of a buoyancy system of an aircraft. The plurality of floats comprises a plurality of main floats and a plurality of secondary floats that are folded in flight. The method comprises a step of deploying the main floats in flight prior to ditching, and a step of deploying the secondary floats after ditching.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210347469A1 AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH A BUOYANCY SYSTEM, AND A BUOYANCY METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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