Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16042522Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11124308B2Publication Date: 2021-09-21
- Inventor: Kurt David Murrow , Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
- 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 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C3/10 ; B64D27/08 ; 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 propulsor driven by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage, the vertical thrust propulsor positioned on or at least partially within the wing, the wing including a diffusion assembly, the diffusion assembly including at least one diffusion member fixed in position and located downstream of the vertical thrust propulsor for diffusing an airflow from the vertical thrust propulsor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190047719A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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