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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Steven R. Ivans, Ponder, TX (US);
Danielle Lynn Moore, Arlington, TX (US);
William Anthony Amante, Grapevine, TX (US);
Kip Gregory Campbell, Hurst, TX (US);
Mathew Chapdelaine, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Brian John Cox, Keller, TX (US);
Carey Andrew Cross, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Steve Michael Loveland, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bradley Paul Regnier, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert W. Roe, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Steve R. Schafer, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is an apparatus for inhibiting accidental contact by a human with a tail rotor connected to an empennage of an aircraft. The apparatus includes an inverted V-tail connected to an empennage of the aircraft forward of the tail rotor, the inverted V-tail stabilizer comprising a first V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected and a second V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage opposite the side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected; and a shroud bar having a first end connected to an outboard end of the first V-tail stabilizer and a second end opposite the first end connected to the empennage aft of the tail rotor, wherein a horizontal distance from the shroud bar to the tail rotor is greater than a length of an arm of the human.