Aircraft having a warning device

• US 10,647,446 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2019
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
• Original Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
• Inventors: Mayer, Marc Dominik, Schafer, Bastian
• Primary Examiner(s): Alizada, Omeed
• Application Number:
  US16/261,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20190241280A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/06 for indicating aircraft presence
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/80 Arrangement of on-board electronics, e.g. avionics systems or wiring

Abstract

An aircraft having a warning device for generating a whistling sound has a fuselage and a warning device. The warning device has a sound-generating element which is designed to generate a whistling sound if the aircraft is in an uncontrolled dive in the direction of the surface of the earth and there is a flow of fluid against the sound-generating element. The warning device is at least partially arranged on the fuselage of the aircraft.

Claims

1. An aircraft comprising:

a fuselage; and

a warning device having a blocking apparatus;

wherein the warning device has a sound-generating element configured to generate a whistling sound when the aircraft is in an uncontrolled dive in the direction of the surface of the earth, and there is a flow of fluid against the sound-generating element,

wherein the warning device is arranged at least partially on the fuselage of the aircraft,

wherein the blocking apparatus has a shutter and a securing element, wherein the securing element is embodied in such a way that the shutter closes the sound-generating element by the securing element if the aircraft is in controlled flight.

2. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the sound-generating element is a recess in an outer skin of the aircraft.

3. The aircraft as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sound-generating element has an inlet and a cavity and/or an outlet.

4. The aircraft as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sound-generating element is embodied as a whistle for generating a whistling sound.

5. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the securing element is embodied in such a way that the shutter opens if the aircraft is in an uncontrolled dive in the direction of the surface of the earth, in order to permit the flow of fluid to flow against the sound-generating element, in order to generate a whistling sound.

6. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the blocking apparatus is arranged at the inlet and/or inside the cavity and/or at the outlet of the sound-generating element.

7. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the securing element has an elastic element, in order to secure the shutter in a closed state, and

wherein the elastic element is dimensioned in such a way that the shutter opens starting from a specific pressure, wherein the specific air pressure occurs in the case of an uncontrolled dive of the aircraft in the direction of the surface of the earth.

8. The aircraft according to claim 5,

wherein the securing element has a magnetic element, in order to secure the shutter in a closed state, and

wherein the magnetic element is dimensioned in such a way that the shutter opens when there is a powerloss.

9. The aircraft according to claim 1,

wherein the blocking apparatus has a film, and

wherein the film is embodied in such a way that the film tears if there is a flow with a specific pressure against the film wherein the specific air pressure occurs when there is an uncontrolled dive of the aircraft in the direction of the surface of the earth.

10. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein in each case at least one warning device is arranged in an x direction, in a y direction and in a z direction of the aircraft.

11. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the aircraft is an unmanned aircraft.

12. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the sound-generating element is a projection on the outer skin of the aircraft.