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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Jean-Christophe Coquillat, Fuveau, FR;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
A rotorcraft having an aerodynamic device arranged below a rotor, which rotor participates at least in providing lift for the rotorcraft in the air, the rotor being mounted to rotate about a first axis of rotation, the aerodynamic device having a fairing provided with at least one air inlet for enabling a stream of cool air to flow from a region that is situated outside the rotorcraft to another region that is situated inside the rotorcraft; at least at a mouth of the at least one air inlet in the fairing, the aerodynamic device has at least one moving flap that is mounted to move in rotation, the at least one moving flap having at least one degree of freedom of movement in rotation about a second axis of rotation relative to the fairing, and the at least one moving flap orienting itself automatically and passively.