Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16042216Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11117675B2Publication Date: 2021-09-14
- 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 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C3/10 ; B64D27/08 ; B64C3/32 ; B64C35/02 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D31/06 ; B64C29/00 ; B64D35/02 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/26 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a propulsion system including a power source and a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans driven by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage. The plurality of vertical thrust electric fans are arranged along a length of the wing, the wing including a variable geometry assembly extending along the length of the wing and moveable between a forward thrust position and a vertical thrust position, the variable geometry assembly at least partially covering the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans when in the forward thrust position and at least partially exposing the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans when in the vertical thrust position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190047680A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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