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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Steven Ray Ivans, Ponder, TX (US);

David Alan Hawthorne, Colleyville, TX (US);

Bradley Robert Henson, Mansfield, TX (US);

David Frank Haynes, Arlington, TX (US);

David Lawrence Miller, Arlington, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 33/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/14 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/14 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0226 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotorcraft has a fuselage, an engine disposed substantially laterally centrally relative to the fuselage, and an air intake system (AIS). The AIS has a first duct configured to provide streamline air flow, a second duct configured to provide streamline air flow, and a combining section configured to receive streamline air flow from each of the first duct and the second duct. The combining section is further configured to output streamline air flow.


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