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Patent No.:

US 11673662 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2022

Telescoping tail assemblies for use on aircraft

Applicant:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Inventor:

Steven Ryan Schafer, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:

Lawrence Youst PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Richard Green

Assistant Examiner:

Ashesh Dangol

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01); B64C 39/04 (2006.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01); B64C 39/08 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 1/063 (2013.01); B64C 25/32 (2013.01); B64C 39/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01);
Abstract

A telescoping tail assembly for use on an aircraft having a fore-aft length. The telescoping tail assembly includes a housing extending in an aftward direction, a tailboom slidable along the housing into various positions including an extended position and a retracted position and one or more control surfaces coupled to the tailboom. The tailboom increases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the extended position and decreases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the retracted position.

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Schafer, Steven. (2023). Telescoping tail assemblies for use on aircraft (U.S. Patent No. 11673662). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11673662

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