Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16042299Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11053014B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Kurt David Murrow , Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow , Darek Tomasz Zatorski , Dominic Barone
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D27/24
- IPC: B64D27/24 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C3/10 ; B64D27/08 ; B64C3/32 ; B64D35/02 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D31/06 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/26 ; H02K7/18
Abstract:
A method for operating a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft includes modifying a first variable component of a wing associated with a first portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans relative to a second variable component of the wing associated with a second portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans to adjust an exposure ratio of the first portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans relative to the second portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190023390A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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