Aircraft maintenance fall protection
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMichael J. DeLuca, Kelli Barbato, Satyaki Bhowmik, Benedict Hardless
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for aircraft maintenance fall protection. An example aircraft maintenance fall protection system includes an anchor couplable to a rotor shaft of an aircraft, the anchor including a flyable fitting configured to be coupled to the rotor shaft during flight and an extension fitting assembly removably couplable to the flyable fitting, the extension fitting assembly to support a tether for a maintenance operator.
Claims20
An aircraft maintenance fall protection system comprising:
- an anchor couplable to a rotor shaft of an aircraft, the anchor including:
- a flyable fitting configured to be coupled to the rotor shaft during flight;
- and
- an extension fitting assembly removably couplable to the flyable fitting, the extension fitting assembly to support a tether for a maintenance operator.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first extension fitting assembly removably couplable to a first flyable fitting on a rotor shaft of an aircraft;
- a second extension fitting assembly removably couplable to a second flyable fitting on the aircraft;
- a static line to extend between the first extension fitting assembly and the second extension fitting assembly;
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- a pulley movable along the static line, the pulley to be coupled to a harness to support a maintenance operator.
An aircraft comprising:
- a rotor hub having a rotor shaft;
- a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor hub and rotatable about the rotor shaft;
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- a flyable fitting interfacing with the rotor shaft, the flyable fitting releasably couplable with an extension fitting assembly to support a maintenance fall protection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.