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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Guillaume Noiseux-Boucher, Mirabel, CA;
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 27/006 (2013.01); G01N 21/8803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A component equipped with a high-visibility impact detection system. The component includes a composite layer with a minimum impact energy level known to potentially cause damage to the composite layer, a high-visibility layer covering at least a portion of the composite layer, and a top layer covering the high-visibility layer. The top layer is configured to fracture, and expose the high-visibility layer, when subjected to an impact energy level greater than or equal to the minimum impact energy level known to potentially cause damage to the composite layer.