Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft
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Application No.: US15135040Application Date: 2016-04-21
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Publication No.: US10358229B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Matthew Moxon
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1508138.3 20150513
- Main IPC: B64D33/02
- IPC: B64D33/02 ; B64C15/00 ; B64C21/00 ; B64D27/02 ; B64C3/50 ; B64C11/00 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D29/04 ; B64D33/04

Abstract:
An aircraft including trailing edge flaps, a wing mounted propulsor positioned such that the flaps are located in a slipstream of the first propulsor in use when deployed. The aircraft further including a thrust vectorable propulsor configured to selectively vary the exhaust efflux vector of the propulsor in at least one plane. The thrust vectorable propulsor includes a ducted fan configurable between a first mode, in which the fan provides net forward thrust to the aircraft, and a second mode in which the fan provides net drag to the aircraft. The fan is positioned to ingest a boundary layer airflow in use when operating in the first mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160332741A1 AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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