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Rotary wing aircraft with an interface frame joining the fuselage tail boom and the tail cone

US10807697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Probst · Buchdorf, DE
Philipp Walch · Landsberg am Lech, DE
Marc Nothen · Landsberg am Lech, DE
Christian Buxel · Gersthofen, DE
Romed Schweizer · Waakirchen, DE
Thomas Wuerfl · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary wing aircraft comprising a fuselage tail boom, a tail cone and an interface frame, the interface frame in turn having a connecting structure directly attached to the tail cone by means of a tail cone mechanical connection and a connecting sleeve fitting axially the fuselage tail boom, the connecting sleeve and the fuselage tail boom being directly attached by means of a one boom mechanical connection; the interface frame thereby joining the fuselage tail boom and the tail cone.

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