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Aircraft with a subfloor region that accommodates an auxiliary compartment

  • US 9,932,104 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rotorcraft with a fuselage, the rotorcraft comprising:

  • a floor structure that is arranged inside the fuselage defining a subfloor region between the floor structure and a fuselage underside of the fuselage;

    an equipment bay with at least one auxiliary equipment arranged within the subfloor region, the at least one auxiliary equipment being at least partly stowable in the equipment bay in a stow mode; and

    at least one auxiliary compartment being at least partly arranged in a region between the equipment bay and the floor structure such that the at least one auxiliary compartment separates the equipment bay from the floor structure;

    wherein the at least one auxiliary equipment is forcibly moved in the equipment bay by a crash load from a stow position associated with the stow mode into at least one crash position in the equipment bay to reduce force on the auxiliary equipment.

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