Invention Application
- Patent Title: CONVERTIPLANE
-
Application No.: US17786194Application Date: 2020-12-17
-
Publication No.: US20230025366A1Publication Date: 2023-01-26
- Inventor: Riccardo Bianco Mengotti , Paolo Brughera , Luca Sampugnaro , Carlo Cassinelli
- Applicant: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Roma
- Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Roma
- Priority: EP19217218.7 20191217
- International Application: PCT/IB2020/062130 WO 20201217
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64D35/04 ; B64D35/08 ; B64C27/22 ; B64C1/20 ; B64D27/24 ; B64C3/52 ; B64D29/00 ; B64C1/22 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
A convertiplane is described that comprises: a fuselage, having a first longitudinal axis and, in turn, comprising a nose and a tail portion; a pair of wings arranged on respective opposite sides of the fuselage, carrying respective rotors and generating a lift value; and a pair of engines operatively connected to respective rotors; each rotor comprising a mast rotatable about a second axis between a helicopter configuration and an aeroplane configuration; each rotor is interposed between the fuselage and the relative rotor along the direction of extension of the relative wing.
Public/Granted literature
- US12071232B2 Convertiplane Public/Granted day:2024-08-27
Information query