Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16042328Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11124306B2Publication Date: 2021-09-21
- Inventor: Kurt David Murrow , Darek Tomasz Zatorski
- 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 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C3/32 ; B64D35/02 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D31/06 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/26 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a propulsion system including a power source and a vertical thrust electric fan driven by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage. The vertical thrust electric fan is positioned on or within the wing, the wing including a diffusion assembly movable between a first position and a second position and positioned at least partially downstream of the vertical thrust electric fan when in the second position, the diffusion assembly including a first member and a second member, the second member movable generally along the vertical direction relative to the first member such that the first member and second member together define at least in part an exhaust flowpath for the first vertical thrust electric fan when the diffusion assembly is in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190047716A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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