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US 2026/0307785 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
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 a state of the lighting elements indicates 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.
1 more element
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a rotor;
- an aircraft component connected to the fuselage;
- and
- at least one lighting element integrated into at least one edge of the aircraft component, wherein a state of the lighting element indicates a status of the aircraft.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.