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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Brent Scannell, L'ile-Bizard, CA;
Thomas Mast, Carrollton, TX (US);
Jon Damon Bennett, W. Melbourne, FL (US);
Joshua Allan Edler, Dallas, TX (US);
Jean Pierre Paradis, Sainte Therese, CA;
Keith C. Pedersen, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
One example of a duct support for a rotorcraft includes a stabilizing mechanism configured to transfer a weight of a duct to an airframe of the rotorcraft, where the duct undergoes thermal expansion. The stabilizing mechanism includes a first stabilizing member attached to the duct, a second stabilizing member attached to the rotorcraft, and a coupling mechanism where the coupling mechanism is configured to couple the first stabilizing member to the second stabilizing member and accommodate thermal expansion of the duct by allowing for movement of the first stabilizing member relative to the second stabilizing member. In an example, the duct is an exhaust duct of an engine of the rotorcraft and heat from the engine cause the exhaust duct to undergo the thermal expansion.