Invention Grant
- Patent Title: VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans
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Application No.: US16442288Application Date: 2019-06-14
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Publication No.: US11091258B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Kirk L. Groninga , Daniel B. Robertson
- Applicant: Bell 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: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C39/04 ; B64D27/02
Abstract:
An exemplary tiltrotor aircraft having a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight mode and a forward flight mode includes tiltable rotors located at forward boom ends, tiltable ducted fans located at wings aft of the forward boom ends, and aft rotors located on aft boom portions.
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