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US 10,466,009 B1Granted
Spinner mounted gun system
AssigneeBell Helicopter Textron Inc.
InventorsKen Shundo, Michael Dean Dearman
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Abstract
A spinner mounted gun system includes a receiver and a barrel connected to a mast of a rotorcraft.
Claims19
A gun system, comprising a weapon connected to a mast of a rotorcraft, the weapon comprising a receiver and a barrel, wherein the weapon rotates with the mast.
A rotorcraft, comprising:
- a rotating system including rotor blades connected to a mast through a hub;
- and
- a weapon connected to the mast, the weapon comprising a receiver and a barrel, wherein the weapon rotates with the mast.
A method, comprising:
- flying a tiltrotor aircraft comprising a propulsion system having an engine coupled to rotor blades through a mast, and a weapon comprising a receiver and a barrel connected to the mast;
- and
- firing the weapon while flying the tiltrotor aircraft, wherein the weapon rotates with the mast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.