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US 2024/0034464 A1Published application
Led tail rotor safety and status indication lighting system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorMathew Chapdelaine
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Abstract
One embodiment is a rotorcraft comprising a fuselage; an empennage at an aft end of the fuselage; a tail rotor connected to the empennage; and a tail rotor guard (TRG) around the tail rotor, the TRG shrouding to the tail rotor; and a light emitting diode (LED) lighting element integrated into at least one surface of the TRG.
Claims20
A rotorcraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- an empennage at an aft end of the fuselage;
- a tail rotor connected to the empennage;
- a tail rotor guard (TRG) around the tail rotor, the TRG shrouding to the tail rotor;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED) lighting element integrated into at least one surface of the TRG.
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An apparatus for indicating a status of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of lighting elements integrated into at least one surface of the aircraft, wherein states of the lighting elements indicate a status of the aircraft.
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a rotor;
- and
- a lighted safety structure for preventing unintentional access to the rotor, wherein the lighted safety structure comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) lighting element integrated into at least one edge of the lighted safety structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.