US 12,134,459 B2
Air vehicle
Ali Akcay, Ankara (TR); Hasan Akman, Ankara (TR); Oner Altinbag, Ankara (TR); Sinan Kucuk, Ankara (TR); and Ozkan Altay, Ankara (TR)
Assigned to TUSAS—TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S., Ankara (TR)
Appl. No. 18/269,132
Filed by TUSAS—TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI, Ankara (TR)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/TR2021/050490
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/146288, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/22489 (TR), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076028 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 1/32 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/32 (2013.01) [B64C 1/1476 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air vehicle (1) comprising:
a body (2);
a canopy (3) disposed on the body (2) so as to be able to move relatively to the body (2), enabling access and providing protection to a cockpit;
more than one hook (4) provided on the canopy (3);
more than one pin (5) provided on the body (2), enabling the canopy (3) to be fixed to the body (2) by engaging a respective one of the pins (5) with a respective one of the hooks (4);
an open position (A) enabling access to the cockpit so as to leave a gap between the canopy (3) and the body (2);
a closed position (K) in which the canopy contacts the body (2) so that there is almost no gap left between the body (2) and the canopy (3);
a locked position (L) in which the canopy (3) is fixed to the body (2) by locking the pins (5) to the hooks (4);
at least one canopy mechanism (6) that enables the canopy (3) to switch from the closed position (K) to the open position (A) or from the open position (A) to the closed position (K);
a J-shaped transmission element (7) located between the canopy (3) and the canopy mechanism (6) so as to extend outward from the canopy (3), thereby transferring the movement the transmission element (7) receives from the canopy mechanism (6) to the canopy (3);
two rolling elements (101, 102) disposed on the canopy mechanism (6) so as to be in contact with the transmission element (7);
a recess (11) provided on the transmission element (7), having a form that is compatible with one of the rolling elements (101, 102), wherein the at least one canopy mechanism (6) enables the canopy (3) to switch from the closed position (K) to the open position (A) or from the open position (A) to the closed position (K) by performing a rotational motion when the one of the rolling elements (101, 102) and the recess (11) contact each other and enables the canopy (3) in the closed position (K) to be brought to the locked position (L) by performing a sliding motion on the body (2);
an inclined surface (12) provided on the transmission element (7), enabling the transmission element (7) to be positioned between the two rolling elements (101, 102); and
on the transmission element (7) enabling the transmission element (7) to perform a rotational motion between the two rolling elements (101, 102).