Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tiltrotor aircraft with outboard fixed engines
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Application No.: US15621686Application Date: 2017-06-13
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Publication No.: US10589855B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Kirk L. Groninga , Daniel B. Robertson
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Timmer Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64D27/26 ; B64D29/02 ; B64D35/08 ; B64D33/02 ; B64D27/02

Abstract:
In a first aspect, there is a rotor system for a tiltrotor aircraft, the rotor system including an upper outboard engine in a fixed location on a wing member of the tiltrotor aircraft; a lower outboard engine in a fixed location on the wing member; and a prop-rotor pylon in power communication with the upper and lower outboard engines, the prop-rotor pylon being configured to selectively rotate between a vertical position and a horizontal position. In another aspect, there is provided a tiltrotor aircraft including a fuselage; a wing member; an upper outboard engine in a fixed location on the wing member; a lower outboard engine in a fixed location on the wing member; and a prop-rotor pylon in power communication with the upper and lower outboard engines, the prop-rotor pylon being configured to selectively rotate between a vertical position and a horizontal position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180354616A1 TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT WITH OUTBOARD FIXED ENGINES Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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