US Patent Issued to PACIFIC CROWN HELICOPTERS on March 24 for "Deflector exhaust nozzle for AS350/EC130 and for other single engine helicopters" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,433, issued on March 24, was assigned to PACIFIC CROWN HELICOPTERS (Marcoola Qld, Australia).

"Deflector exhaust nozzle for AS350/EC130 and for other single engine helicopters" was invented by William Haffner (Valdora, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fitting a single engine helicopter having a tail boom to avoid exhaust gases at the tail boom, the single engine helicopter comprising a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positioned exhaust manifold and symmetrically positioned rear tail boom, and the method includes securing to the exhaust manifold a curved and bent...