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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eurocopter France, Marignane Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 1711 ; 244 / ; 244121 ;
Abstract
This relates to a helicopter in which the outlet nozzle from the turbine engine is provided with an exhaust pipe which mixes the combustion gases with fresh air and directs the mixture downward. Viewed from the outside of the helicopter, the exhaust pipe is completely concealed by a cowling which is separated from said exhaust pipe by an empty intermediate space, air intakes being provided to create a flow of ambient air, including during hovering flight, along the intermediate space as far as an outlet which is open substantially vertically downward.