US 12,296,979 B2
Attack helicopter
Burhan Sahin, Ankara (TR)
Assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI, Ankara (TR)
Appl. No. 18/268,418
Filed by TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI, Ankara (TR)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/TR2021/050489
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/146287, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/22425 (TR), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034469 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 7/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 7/02 (2013.01) [B64C 27/04 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attack helicopter (1) comprising:
a body (2) exposed to air flow during flight of the attack helicopter (1);
at least one ammunition (M) fired to attack a target;
at least one machine cannon (3) enabling the ammunition (M) to be fired;
at least one ammunition duct (4) on the body (2) and arranged along a butt line (BL) that extends lengthwise on the attack helicopter (1) and symmetrically divides the attack helicopter (1) in two, the at least one ammunition duct (4) enabling the ammunition (M) to be placed therein and the ammunition (M) to be transferred to the machine cannon (3), wherein the ammunition duct (4) enables all of the ammunition (M) to be located on the body (2) and to extend along the direction on which the butt line (BL) extends, prevents the accumulation of ammunition (M) at a single point and thus a high mass at the single point in the body (2), through allowing each of the ammunition (M) to be transmitted in the same direction one after another and enabling the ammunition (M) to be efficiently placed on the body (2);
more than one rotary actuator (5) located on the body (2) so as to be spaced apart from each other and enabling the ammunition (M) to be transmitted uninterruptedly and continuously along the ammunition duct (4);
more than one gear (6) enabling the drive received from the rotary actuator (5) to be transmitted; and
more than one rotary retainer (7) located on the body (2) so as to be spaced apart from each other and to be able to rotate about its own axis and enabling the ammunition (M) to be transmitted by being pushed towards the machine cannon (3) by means of the drive transmitted from the gear (6).