NOSE SECTION FOR A FLYING MACHINE AND ASSOCIATED FLYING MACHINE

• US 20140097295A1
• Filed: 10/02/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Dassault Aviation (Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault)
• Original Assignee: Dassault Aviation (Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault)
• Inventors: BOUFFANAIS, Fabien, DE MAQUEVILLE, Benoit, GAVOUYERE, Olivier, JOHAN, Zdenek
• Granted Patent: US 10,286,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/129.3
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1484 Windows B64C1/1492 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1492 Structure and mounting of the transparent elements in the window or windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras

Abstract

The nose section for a flying machine according to the invention comprises an enclosure delimiting a nose cone extending along a longitudinal axis (A-A′), the enclosure delimiting a window, and a glass closing the window extending transversely relative to the longitudinal axis (A-A′). The nose section includes an optical sensor, in particular a camera, positioned in the enclosure behind the glass. The enclosure defines a recess, the window covered by the glass being at least partially positioned in the recess.

Claims

1. A nose section for a flying machine, comprising:

an enclosure delimiting a nose cone extending along a longitudinal axis (A-A′

), the enclosure delimiting a window,

a glass closing the window extending transversely relative to the longitudinal axis (A-A′

);

an optical sensor, in particular a camera, positioned in the enclosure behind the glass,

characterized in that the enclosure defines a recess, the window covered by the glass being at least partially positioned in the recess.

2. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the recess extends axially in the nose cone.

3. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the window is positioned at the back of the recess.

4. The nose section according to claim 3, characterized in that the recess is delimited rearwardly by the window and the plane closing the window.

5. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the recess is downwardly delimited by a substantially planar lower plate.

6. The nose section according to claim 5, characterized in that the recess is laterally delimited by two side walls extending substantially vertically.

7. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the window is delimited by an upper edge, the angle (γ

) formed between the plane (P2) of the window adjacent to the upper edge and the plane (P3) of a rear region of the enclosure adjacent to the upper edge, in a median axial plane, being smaller than 35°

.

8. The nose section according claim 1, characterized in that the window covered by the glass partially protrudes outside the recess.

9. The nose section according to claim 7, characterized in that the window covered by the glass is completely included in the recess, without protruding beyond the recess.

10. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the recess is formed in an upper surface of the nose cone.

11. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that it defines a primary opening situated above the nose cone and designed to open into a cockpit, the nose section including a windshield covering the primary opening, and the window advantageously being positioned below the primary opening.

12. The nose section according to claim 1, characterized in that the recess has a front edge with a forwardly converging shape, advantageously a substantially triangular shape.

13. A flying machine, characterized in that it includes a nose section according to any one of the preceding claims.