Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US17366749Application Date: 2021-07-02
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Publication No.: US12006031B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- 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: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C3/10 ; B64C3/32 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D29/04 ; B64D31/06 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D35/02 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/40 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
An aircraft defines a vertical direction and includes a fuselage and a propulsion system comprising a power source and a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans driven by the power source. A wing extends from the fuselage. The plurality of vertical thrust electric fans are arranged along a length of the wing along a lengthwise direction of the wing. The wing comprises a diffusion assembly along the lengthwise direction of the wing and includes a first diffusion member positioned downstream of at least one of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans. The first diffusion member defines a curved shape relative to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The longitudinal direction is generally perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the wing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210339879A1 VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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