Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lift-sharing wing with rotatable trailing edge
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Application No.: US16894224Application Date: 2020-06-05
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Publication No.: US11407491B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Tjepke Heeringa , James Everett Kooiman
- 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: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: B64C3/50
- IPC: B64C3/50 ; B64C3/28 ; B64C3/48 ; B64C27/22 ; B64C13/28 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C13/16

Abstract:
One embodiment includes a rotary aircraft, including: a rotary propulsion system; a body; and a pair of wings connected on opposite sides of the body, wherein each of the wings includes a flap rotatably connected to a trailing edge thereof and configured to rotate downward relative to the wing during low speed and stationary flight of the aircraft, and to rotate upward relative to the wing during high-speed flight of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210380219A1 LIFT-SHARING WING WITH ROTATABLE TRAILING EDGE Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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