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公开(公告)号:US11142302B1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-12
申请号:US16833620
申请日:2020-03-29
摘要: An active flow control system for generating yaw control moments for an aircraft during forward flight. The system includes right and left yaw effectors disposed proximate the right and left wingtips of the wing. A pressurized air system includes a pressurized air source and a plurality of injectors operably associated with the right and left yaw effectors that influence the path of airflow above and below the yaw effectors. Based upon which of the injectors is injecting pressurized air, the right and left yaw effectors generate no yaw control moment, generate a yaw right control moment or generate a yaw left control moment.
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公开(公告)号:US20210300537A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US16833630
申请日:2020-03-29
摘要: An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a forward flight orientation. The aircraft has a blended wing body and includes an engine, a trinary lift fan system, a forced air bypass system and an exhaust system. The engine has a turboshaft mode and a turbofan mode. The lift fan system includes a plurality of ducted fans in a tandem lateral and forward orientation. In the VTOL orientation of the aircraft, the engine is in the turboshaft mode coupled to the lift fan system such that the engine provides rotational energy to the ducted fans generating the thrust-borne lift. In the forward flight orientation of the aircraft, the engine is in the turbofan mode coupled to the forced air bypass system such that bypass air combines with engine exhaust in the exhaust system to provide forward thrust generating the wing-borne lift.
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公开(公告)号:US10814967B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US15688165
申请日:2017-08-28
摘要: A cargo transportation system includes a cargo platform having an upper surface and a perimeter. A propulsion system is disposed about the perimeter of the cargo platform. The propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies, each including a propulsion unit disposed within a housing defining an airflow channel having an air inlet for incoming air and an air outlet for outgoing air such that the outgoing air is operable to generate at least vertical lift. A power system disposed within the cargo platform provides energy to drive the propulsion system. A flight control system operably associated with the propulsion system and the power system controls flight operations of the cargo transportation system.
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公开(公告)号:US11279479B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16833638
申请日:2020-03-29
IPC分类号: B64C29/00 , B64D27/16 , B64C11/48 , B64D35/06 , B64C11/00 , B64D35/02 , B64C27/22 , B64D33/04 , B64D35/04 , B64C3/10 , B64C19/00 , B64C27/26 , B64C27/30 , B64C9/20 , B64C21/08 , B64C27/78 , B64C21/04 , B64C39/10 , B64C9/18 , B64C15/02 , B64C15/14 , B64C21/00
摘要: An active flow control system for generating yaw control moments for an aircraft during hover flight. The system includes right and left yaw effectors disposed proximate the right and left wingtips of the wing. A pressurized air system includes a pressurized air source and a plurality of injectors operably associated with the right and left yaw effectors. Based upon which of the injectors is injecting pressurized air, the right and left yaw effectors generate no yaw control moment, generate a yaw right control moment or generate a yaw left control moment.
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公开(公告)号:US20210300532A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US16833620
申请日:2020-03-29
摘要: An active flow control system for generating yaw control moments for an aircraft during forward flight. The system includes right and left yaw effectors disposed proximate the right and left wingtips of the wing. A pressurized air system includes a pressurized air source and a plurality of injectors operably associated with the right and left yaw effectors that influence the path of airflow above and below the yaw effectors. Based upon which of the injectors is injecting pressurized air, the right and left yaw effectors generate no yaw control moment, generate a yaw right control moment or generate a yaw left control moment.
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公开(公告)号:US20210300530A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US16833636
申请日:2020-03-29
摘要: An active flow control system for generating roll control moments for an aircraft during hover flight. The system includes right and left roll effectors disposed proximate the right and left wingtips of the wing. A pressurized air system includes a pressurized air source and a plurality of injectors operably associated with the right and left roll effectors. Based upon which of the injectors is injecting pressurized air, the right and left roll effectors generate no roll control moment, generate a roll right control moment or generate a roll left control moment.
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公开(公告)号:US11077939B1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-03
申请号:US16833619
申请日:2020-03-29
IPC分类号: B64C29/00 , B64C27/22 , B64D33/04 , B64C19/00 , B64C3/10 , B64C27/30 , B64C27/26 , B64C15/14 , B64C21/00
摘要: An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a forward flight orientation. The aircraft has a blended wing body and includes an engine, a binary lift fan system, a forced air bypass system and an exhaust system. The engine has a turboshaft mode and a turbofan mode. The lift fan system includes a plurality of ducted fans in a tandem lateral orientation. In the VTOL orientation of the aircraft, the engine is in the turboshaft mode coupled to the lift fan system such that the engine provides rotational energy to the ducted fans generating the thrust-borne lift. In the forward flight orientation of the aircraft, the engine is in the turbofan mode coupled to the forced air bypass system such that the bypass air combines with the engine exhaust in the exhaust system to provide forward thrust generating the wing-borne lift.
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公开(公告)号:US11643206B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17902483
申请日:2022-09-02
CPC分类号: B64C39/024 , B64F3/02 , G01R31/085 , H02G1/02 , H04N7/18 , B64U30/20 , B64U50/34 , B64U2101/30
摘要: An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body having a rotor system, a motivation system attached to the body to motivate the UAV along the conductor, a battery carried by the body and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor system and the motivation system, a monitoring tool mounted with the body and an inductive coil carried by the body and in electric connection with the battery, wherein the inductive coil is configured to harvest electricity from the aerial power transmission line system and charge the battery.
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公开(公告)号:US11629541B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17542383
申请日:2021-12-04
摘要: A versatile door system for a vehicle having a frame with an opening. The door system includes a door assembly including a hingeable door and a slidable door. The hingeable door is hingeably coupled to the frame proximate the opening. The slidable door is slidably coupled to the hingeable door. A rail system includes a segmented upper rail having a first portion coupled to the frame and a second portion formed on an exterior side of the hingeable door. The slidable door includes a slider bearing configured to sequentially engage the first and second portions of the segmented upper rail along a path of travel of the slidable door. In a closed configuration, the hingeable door and the slidable door are securably disposed within the opening. The hingeable door and the slidable door are configured to collectively provide access to selectable portions of the opening.
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公开(公告)号:US20220289370A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17752542
申请日:2022-05-24
IPC分类号: B64C27/80 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/58 , B64C5/06 , F16H1/28 , B64C27/52 , B64C27/57 , B64C11/00 , B64C27/20 , B64C13/24
摘要: A differential thrust vectoring system includes a first thruster, a second thruster, a main actuator, and a trim actuator. The system is configured such that actuation of the main actuator causes rotation of the thrusters together about an axis, whereas actuation of the trim actuator causes relative rotation of the first and second thrusters about the axis.
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