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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Keith David Weaver, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Michael Pujol, Dallas, TX (US);
Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer, Arlington, TX (US);
Nicholas Plagianos, N. Richland Hills, TX (US);
Karl R. Burge, Hurst, TX (US);
Scott David Poster, Arlington, TX (US);
Thomas Mast, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/12 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B64D 35/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0416 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 33/08 (2013.01); B64D 35/00 (2013.01); F16H 57/0417 (2013.01); F16H 57/0475 (2013.01); F16H 57/0482 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes a shared cooling device for one or more systems or components, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways. Each of the primary cooling pathways includes a transition duct and a fan. The transition duct is in fluid communication with the shared cooling device. The fan is in fluid communication with the transition duct.