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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Joshua Allan Edler, Dallas, TX (US);
Brent Scannell, L'ile-Bizard, CA;
Thomas Mast, Carrollton, TX (US);
Sarah R. Villanueva, Stillwater, OK (US);
David Michael Tiedeman, Hurst, TX (US);
Keith C. Pedersen, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is a passive particle separation system including a plenum; an inlet for feeding outside air into the plenum, wherein the outside air has particles entrained therewith; a housing for enclosing the plenum; and a standpipe installed on the housing. The outside air enters the plenum via the inlet and plenum, housing, and standpipe interact to impact the outside air entering the plenum to cause the particles to be released from the outside air.