Protective cover for foreign object damage prevention and aircraft parts protection
OwnerGlenn Thomas Labayinventor
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Abstract
A protective cover for foreign object damage prevention is disclosed, including a polyurethane foam body dimensioned to be at least partially received by an inlet and an exhaust of an aircraft. One or more handles are at least partially embedded into a front side of the foam body to enable input and removal of the foam body to and from the inlet. The protective cover protects the aircraft from foreign object damage caused by the ingestion and impact of foreign object debris.
Claims20
A protective cover for foreign object damage prevention, comprising:
- a polyurethane foam body dimensioned to be at least partially received by an inlet, an exhaust, or other opening of an aircraft where foreign object debris are a hazard;
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- one or more handles at least partially embedded into a front side of the foam body to enable input and removal of the foam body to and from the inlet,
- wherein the protective cover protects the aircraft from foreign object damage caused by the ingestion and impact of foreign object debris.
A protective cover for foreign object damage prevention, comprising:
- one or more foam bodies each dimensioned to be at least partially received by an inlet and an exhaust of an aircraft;
- a static-dissipative coating applied to coat the one or more foam bodies;
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- at least two handles at least partially embedded into a front side of the each of the polyurethane foam bodies to enable input and removal of each of the foam bodies to and from the inlet and the exhaust,
- wherein the protective cover protects the aircraft from foreign object damage caused by the ingestion and impact of foreign object debris.
A static-dissipative protective cover system for foreign object damage prevention, the system comprising:
- one or more first foam bodies dimensioned to be at least partially received by an inlet of an aircraft;
- one or more second foam bodies dimensioned to be at least partially received by an exhaust of the aircraft;
- a static-dissipative coating applied to coat the one or more first foam bodies and the one or more second foam bodies;
- a first handle support channel and a second handle support channel each at least partially embedded into the one or more first foam bodies and the second one or more foam bodies;
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- at least two handles each including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the first handle support channel, and wherein the second end is attached to the second handle support channel,
- wherein the static-dissipative protective cover protects the aircraft from foreign object damage caused by the ingestion of foreign object debris.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.