Aircraft with protective nanocoating

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352829-B2
Application number	US-201313789273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2013
Priority date	Mar 7, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

An aircraft component has an exterior surface and a protective nanocoating carried by the exterior surface. An aircraft has an engine, a fuselage, and a component having an exterior surface and a protective nano coating carried by the exterior surface. A method of protecting an aircraft component includes selecting at least one harmful environmental component and applying a protective nanocoating to the aircraft component, wherein the protective nanocoating is configured to protect the aircraft component from the selected harmful environmental component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aircraft component, comprising:
an exterior surface configured to flex in response to applied forces; and
a protective nanocoating carried by the exterior surface;
wherein the protective nanocoating protects the aircraft component from oil, ultraviolet radiation, and ozone.

2. The aircraft component of claim 1 , wherein the exterior surface comprises an exterior surface of a bearing.

3. The aircraft component…

Assignees

• Bell Helicopter Textron Inc

Inventors

• Sottiaux Daniel P
• Stamps Frank Bradley

Classifications

• B64C27/35 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D2045/009

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F16C33/121

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16C33/04

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic