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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
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson
IPC: B64C27/80 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/58 , B64C5/06 , F16H1/28 , B64C27/52 , B64C27/57 , B64C11/00 , B64C27/20 , B64C13/24
Abstract: 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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公开(公告)号：US11325699B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-10
申请号：US16833618
申请日：2020-03-29
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Bryan Robertson , Kirk Landon Groninga , Matthew Edward Louis
IPC: B64C11/00 , B64C21/04 , B64C29/00 , B64D27/16 , B64C11/48 , B64D35/06 , B64D35/02 , B64C27/22 , B64D33/04 , B64D35/04 , B64C3/10 , B64C19/00 , B64C27/26 , B64C27/30 , B64C9/20 , B64C21/08 , B64C27/78 , B64C39/10 , B64C9/18 , B64C15/02 , B64C15/14 , B64C21/00
Abstract: A ducted fan assembly for generating thrust during edgewise forward flight. The ducted fan assembly includes a duct having an inlet with a leading portion and a diffuser with a trailing portion during the edgewise forward flight. A fan disposed within the duct is configured to rotate relative to the duct about a fan axis to generate an airflow through the duct from the inlet to the diffuser. An active flow control system includes a plurality of injectors including a first injector configured to inject pressurized air substantially tangential with the leading portion of the inlet and a second injector configured to inject pressurized air substantially tangential with the trailing portion of the diffuser such that when the injectors are injecting pressurized air, flow separation of the airflow at the leading portion of the inlet and the trailing portion of the diffuser is reduced.
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公开(公告)号：US20220090428A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17542383
申请日：2021-12-04
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson
Abstract: 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：US11167844B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-09
申请号：US16833628
申请日：2020-03-29
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
IPC: B64C27/22 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/30 , B64C15/14 , B64C21/00 , B64C27/78 , B64C27/26 , B64D33/04 , B64C3/10
Abstract: 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 first and second engines, a binary lift fan system, first and second forced air bypass systems and first and second exhaust systems. The engines have turboshaft and turbofan modes. The lift fan system includes ducted fans in a tandem longitudinal orientation. In the VTOL orientation of the aircraft, the engines are in the turboshaft mode coupled to the lift fan system such that the engines provide rotational energy to the ducted fans generating the thrust-borne lift. In the forward flight orientation of the aircraft, the engines are in the turbofan mode coupled to the forced air bypass systems such that the bypass air combines with the engine exhaust in the exhaust systems to provide forward thrust generating the wing-borne lift.
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公开(公告)号：US20210300538A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US16833635
申请日：2020-03-29
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Bryan Robertson , Kirk Landon Groninga , Matthew Edward Louis
Abstract: An active flow control system for generating roll control moments for an aircraft during forward flight. The system includes right and left roll effectors disposed on a trailing edge 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 that influence the path of airflow across the wing. 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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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US20240059412A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-22
申请号：US18499167
申请日：2023-10-31
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Brent Chadwick Ross
CPC classification number: B64C39/024 , B64D31/14 , B64D35/04 , B64C27/72 , B64U10/10
Abstract: A vehicle includes a first rotor system having a rotor blade having an axis of rotation, a rotatable inboard drive component, and a rotatable outboard drive component. The first rotor system further includes a flexible closed loop component associated with each of the inboard drive component and the outboard drive component. Movement of the closed loop component can selectively cause at least one of rotation of the rotor blade about the axis of rotation and movement of the axis of rotation.
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公开(公告)号：US20230331380A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US17720089
申请日：2022-04-13
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Steven Ray Ivans , Kirk Landon Groninga
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64C3/56 , B64C3/32 , B64C27/50
Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage and a wing assembly that is rotatable between a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the fuselage in flight modes and a substantially parallel orientation relative to the fuselage in a wing stowage mode. The wing assembly includes a wing that is pivotable between forward flight and VTOL orientations by a pivot angle. A distributed thrust array is coupled to the wing that includes outboard and inboard propulsion assemblies, each propulsion assembly having an axis of rotation that has a fixed angle relative to a chord axis of the wing. In a VTOL flight mode, the axis of rotation of each propulsion assembly is substantially vertical and the wing is in the VTOL orientation. In a forward flight mode, the wing is in the forward flight orientation and the axis of rotation of each propulsion assembly is tilted forward from the vertical by the pivot angle.
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公开(公告)号：US11780576B1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-10
申请号：US17901200
申请日：2022-09-01
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Danielle Lynn Moore
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64C3/00 , B64C39/024 , G05D1/102 , B64U30/20
Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage and a wing system having first and second oppositely disposed wings that extend laterally from the fuselage. A tiltable propulsion system is rotatably coupled to the fuselage between the first and second wings. The tiltable propulsion system includes a frame system having four diagonally extending arms each having a propulsion assembly coupled thereto. A flight control system is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies and the orientation of the tiltable propulsion system. In a VTOL flight mode of the aircraft, the tiltable propulsion system is substantially perpendicular to the aircraft's yaw axis in a vertical thrust orientation such that the propulsion assemblies are configured to provide vertical thrust. In a forward cruise flight mode of the aircraft, the tiltable propulsion system is substantially perpendicular to the aircraft's roll axis in a forward thrust orientation such that the propulsion assemblies provide forward thrust.
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公开(公告)号：US11518512B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US16778269
申请日：2020-01-31
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson , William Benjamin Johns
Abstract: 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：US11220852B2
公开(公告)日：2022-01-11
申请号：US16401475
申请日：2019-05-02
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson
Abstract: A versatile door system for an aircraft includes forward and aft door assemblies. The forward door assembly includes a forward hingeable door hingeably coupled to the airframe proximate a forward location of an aircraft opening and a forward slidable door slidably coupled to the forward hingeable door. The aft door assembly includes an aft hingeable door hingeably coupled to the airframe proximate an aft location of the aircraft opening and an aft slidable door slidably coupled to the aft hingeable door. In a closed configuration, the forward hingeable door, the forward slidable door, the aft hingeable door and the aft slidable door are securably disposed within the aircraft opening. In operation, the forward hingeable door, the forward slidable door, the aft hingeable door and the aft slidable door are individually operable to collectively provide access to a selectable width of the aircraft opening.
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