Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft having rotor-to-wing conversion capabilities
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Application No.: US15251128Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US10414492B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Daniel Bryan Robertson , Kirk Landon Groninga , Frank Bradley Stamps
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/02
- IPC: B64C29/02 ; B64C25/52 ; B64C27/24 ; B64C27/50 ; B64C27/54 ; B64C3/56

Abstract:
A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion and an aft portion. The forward portion of the fuselage includes first and second rotor stations. A first rotor assembly is positioned proximate the first rotor station. A second rotor assembly is positioned proximate the second rotor station. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage. The tailboom assembly includes a plurality of landing members. In a vertical takeoff and landing mode of the aircraft, the first and second rotor assemblies rotate about the fuselage to provide vertical thrust. In a forward flight mode of the aircraft, the first rotor assembly rotates about the fuselage to provide forward thrust and the second rotor assembly is non-rotatable about the fuselage forming wings to provide lift.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180057162A1 Aircraft having Rotor-to-Wing Conversion Capabilities Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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