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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh, Donauworth, DE;

Inventors:

Michael Heckl, Donauworth, DE;

Julius Vogl, Gersthofen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/46 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); F21K 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/06 (2013.01); B64C 27/463 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); F21K 2/00 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8281 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotorcraft with a fuselage and a tail boom, comprising: a horizontal stabilizer mounted to the tail boom; rotor blades with rotor blade tips which form a virtual blade tip circle upon rotation around a rotor head; luminescent components provided on the rotor blade tips; and a blade tip illumination device comprising at least one light source integrated into the horizontal stabilizer and configured to emit a light beam toward the virtual blade tip circle for excitation of the luminescent components; wherein the luminescent components emit light in response to excitation via the emitted light beam, and wherein the emitted light forms during rotation of the rotor blade tips around the rotor head on the virtual blade tip circle a luminous ring.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Heckl, Michael. (2026). Rotorcraft with a blade tip illumination system (U.S. Patent No. 12729012). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12729012

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