US 12,214,901 B2
Protective tarpaulin for an aircraft propulsion engine
Luc Violette, Toulouse (FR); and Xavier Kern, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,213.
Claims priority of application No. 2109500 (FR), filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079530 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 1/00 (2024.01); C08F 14/26 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 1/005 (2013.01) [C08F 14/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective tarpaulin for a propulsion engine of an aircraft, said tarpaulin being made of a material having an air permeability index that is sufficiently high to prevent an accumulation of moisture inside the engine or a nacelle surrounding the engine, the tarpaulin comprising:
a first part, the first part produced from a stretched PTFE type material; and
a second part, the second part produced from a breathable net material,
wherein the first part corresponds to an external part of the tarpaulin, provided to be at least partially disposed on a nacelle surrounding the engine, and the second part is an internal part of the tarpaulin, at least partially surrounded by the first part, the second part configured to align with an opening in the nacelle of the propulsion engine.