Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Download reducing wingtips
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Application No.: US16816577Application Date: 2020-03-12
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Publication No.: US12017754B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Kent E. Donaldson , Phillip A. Kendrick , Kyle Smolarek
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc. , Textron Aviation Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06 ; B64C27/00 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C27/26 ; B64C29/00 ; B64U10/10

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending in a transverse direction to a wingtip having an outboard face, and a turbulence feature located on the wingtip and oriented to induce turbulence in the rotor downwash flowing across the outboard face in a direction from a top surface of the wing to a bottom surface of the wing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210284328A1 DOWNLOAD REDUCING WINGTIPS Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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