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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brent Scannell, Roxboro, CA;
Thomas Mast, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64D 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/08 (2013.01); B64C 1/1446 (2013.01); B64C 27/00 (2013.01); B64D 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an aircraft having a bi-folding cowl for providing full access to equipment without completely removing the cowl. The bi-folding cowl has an upper portion and a lower portion mechanically connected along the adjacent edges, where the upper and lower portions fold so that the inner surfaces face each other when opened. In another embodiment, the bi-folding cowl has at least three maintenance positions, including partially-opened, fully-opened, and fully-opened, lying flat on the surface of the aircraft.