Club Car, Inc.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Roy Linwood Woodard, Jr

Dean J Long

James Marvin Stenz

Daniel Steven Genord

Bruce Rice Crapse

Steven Paul Huston

Todd Schartner

Methods for characterizing shape changes of an aircraft due to flight loads are provided. In one example, a method for characterizing shape changes of an interior portion of an aircraft from flight loads includes positioning one or more 3D scanners within the interior portion of the aircraft. A reference scan of the interior portion is created with the one or more 3D scanners while the aircraft is substantially stationary and/or on the ground. A deformed scan of the interior portion is created with the one or more 3D scanners while the aircraft is in flight subject to substantial flight loads. The reference scan and the deformed scan are postprocessed and analyzed to characterize the shape changes of the interior portion of the aircraft from the substantial flight loads.

Method for characterizing shape changes of an aircraft due to flight loads

A full width tailgate release handle is pivotably connected to tailgate and extends substantially along the entire width of the tailgate for a cargo bed or the like. The full width tailgate release handle provides access for an operator to open the tailgate at any location along the width of the tailgate.

Full width tailgate release handle

Vehicle dashboard

Vehicle

Vehicle body front

Growing community of inventors

Statesboro, GA, United States of America

Roy Linwood Woodard, Jr