US 12,466,570 B2
Aircraft provided with an exhaust duct coupled to a stabilization system
Guillaume Legras, Velaux (FR); Franck Morente, Aix en Provence (FR); Philippe Pinto, Saint-Chamas (FR); and Kevin Felmy, Aix en Provence (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane (FR)
Filed by AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane (FR)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,289.
Claims priority of application No. 2211666 (FR), filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0150030 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64D 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 33/02 (2013.01) [B64D 29/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft provided with at least one exhaust duct for discharging gases from an engine, the exhaust duct being partly accommodated in an internal housing of the aircraft, the housing being separated from an external environment situated outside the aircraft by at least one cowl, the cowl being able to move in relation to a load-bearing structure of the aircraft, the exhaust duct comprising an exhaust segment passing through a passage of the cowl without touching the cowl, a space separating the exhaust segment from the cowl,
wherein the aircraft comprises at least one stabilization system coupled to the exhaust duct, the stabilization system comprising a stiffening ring secured to the exhaust duct and at least one fastening connecting the exhaust duct to the cowl.