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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Keith David Weaver, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
David Angell, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Stephen Dickison, Glastonbury, CT (US);
David Michael Tiedeman, Hurst, TX (US);
Nicholas Plagianos, N. Richland Hills, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/005 (2013.01); F01D 11/003 (2013.01); G01M 3/002 (2013.01); Y10T 137/5762 (2015.04);
Abstract
A gas-leak management system including a primary duct; and a leak-management duct, at least a portion of the leak-management duct surrounding at least a portion of the primary duct, wherein the leak-management duct includes a gap between the portion of the primary duct and the portion of the leak-management duct, and including one or more vent holes in fluid communication with the gap.