Rotary wing aircraft with a firewall arrangement having at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall

US12258121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Axel FINK · Donauwörth, DE
• Manuel KEMPF · Donauwörth, DE
• Philipp Walch · Landsberg am Lech, DE
• Luca Specht · Petershausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2024
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2045/009
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that forms an aircraft interior region, the fuselage comprising an upper primary skin that separates the aircraft interior region from an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, the upper primary skin being mounted on top of a predetermined number of supporting beams; wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises an engine accommodating region with a firewall arrangement, the engine accommodating region accommodating at least one aircraft engine within the firewall arrangement such that the firewall arrangement defines a fire proof separation at least between the at least one aircraft engine and the aircraft interior region; and wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least a funnel-shaped lower firewall arranged between the at least one aircraft engine and the upper primary skin of the fuselage.