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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ryan T. Ehinger, Southlake, TX (US);
Monte A. McGlaun, Abilene, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/04 (2006.01); B64D 15/16 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/12 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/02 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passive cooling system for an aircraft includes a rotor assembly and a closed heat pipe. The closed heat pipe is carried by the rotor assembly and configured to extract heat energy from a heat source positioned away from the rotor assembly and configured to dissipate the heat energy through the rotor assembly.