Aircraft with an engine having a by-pass air inlet opening and a bleed air outlet

US9902500B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Stadler · Munich, DE
• Ralf Braeutigam · Tapfheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2018
• Expiry date: May 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2270/65
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft having at least one first and one second engine, each engine comprising a main air inlet opening, a by-pass air inlet opening and a bleed air outlet, said main air inlet opening being provided with an inlet barrier filter for filtering a main air stream through said main air inlet opening into the engine, said by-pass air inlet opening being provided with a by-pass door that is operable by an associated operating element to enable a by-pass air stream through said by-pass air inlet opening into the engine, and said bleed air outlet being provided for creating an outgoing bleed air stream going out of the engine in operation, at least one associated operating element being controllable by an outgoing bleed air stream.