PERSONAL AIRCRAFT
    84.
    发明申请
    PERSONAL AIRCRAFT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180065737A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:US15811510

    申请日:2017-11-13

    发明人: Ilan Kroo

    IPC分类号: B64C27/22 B64C29/00 B64C39/08

    摘要: A safe, quiet, easy to control, efficient, and compact aircraft configuration is enabled through the combination of multiple vertical lift rotors, tandem wings, and forward thrust propellers. The vertical lift rotors, in combination with a front and rear wing, permits a balancing of the center of lift with the center of gravity for both vertical and horizontal flight. This wing and multiple rotor system has the ability to tolerate a relatively large variation of the payload weight for hover, transition, or cruise flight while also providing vertical thrust redundancy. The propulsion system uses multiple lift rotors and forward thrust propellers of a small enough size to be shielded from potential blade strike and provide increased perceived and real safety to the passengers. Using multiple independent rotors provides redundancy and the elimination of single point failure modes that can make the vehicle non-operable in flight.

    Changeable wing profile
    85.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09908611B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-06

    申请号:US14905102

    申请日:2014-07-10

    发明人: Horst Haslach

    摘要: This relates to changes in wing profiles. In order to provide an aerodynamic structure that can be variably adjusted and changed with respect to the wing profile, it is provided that an aerodynamic structure for a wing or rudder arrangement of an aircraft comprises a support structure and an outer skin. The support structure comprises an adaptive surface support structure in a longitudinal direction, which extends in a longitudinal direction from a root area to an outer end area, and is formed by a support surface, which comprises an adjustable periodic profiling that runs in the transverse direction, in which first flange areas and second flange areas are alternatingly formed, and joined together by web areas running in the direction of a profile height. Alternatingly aligned open profile segments running in the longitudinal direction are here formed.

    METHODS OF CONFIGURING A WING TIP DEVICE ON AN AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20170369151A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15629013

    申请日:2017-06-21

    IPC分类号: B64C3/56 B64C3/58 B64C3/40

    摘要: A method of configuring a wing tip device (7) on an aircraft (1), including: undertaking ground-based operations at an airport with the wing tip device (7) in a ground configuration, in which the span of the aircraft is within an airport compatibility limit, moving the wing tip device (7) to a take-off configuration in which the wing tip device (7) is moved away from the ground configuration such that the span of the aircraft is increased and such that the wing tip device (7) has a first lift coefficient; taking-off with the wing tip device (7) in the take-off configuration; moving the wing tip device from the take-off configuration to a flight configuration, in which the wing tip device has a second lift coefficient, the second lift coefficient being lower than the first lift coefficient. The lift coefficient may be changed by adjusting the sweep of the wing tip device (7).

    LATCHING DEVICE FOR A FOLDABLE WING ARRANGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20170355443A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15619126

    申请日:2017-06-09

    IPC分类号: B64C3/56

    CPC分类号: B64C3/56 Y02T50/14

    摘要: A latching device for a wing including a support structure (29), a latching bolt (35) having a longitudinal axis (36) and being slidably supported by the support structure (29) such that the latching bolt (35) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The latching device (27) includes a first hydraulic actuator (47a) and a first connector assembly (38a) adapted to be connected to a first hydraulic system of an aircraft (1), and at least one second hydraulic actuator (47b) and a second connector assembly (38b) connected to a second hydraulic system. The first hydraulic actuator (47a) and the second hydraulic actuator (47b) are adapted to effect movement of the latching bolt (35) from the extended position into the retracted position independent of the other one of the at least one first hydraulic actuator (47a) and the at least one second hydraulic actuator (47b).

    Rotating wing assemblies for tailsitter aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US09821909B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-21

    申请号:US15091456

    申请日:2016-04-05

    发明人: Jonathan Moshe

    摘要: A tailsitter aircraft includes one or more rotatable wings. The tailsitter aircraft optionally includes a fuselage from which wing supports extend. Each rotatable wing optionally includes a rotatable wing section having an inboard portion proximate to the fuselage, and an outboard portion distal from the fuselage. The rotatable wing section may be rotatably attached to the wing support and configured to rotate between a vertical flight configuration in which the inboard portion is positioned on an opposing side of the wing support relative to the outboard portion, and a horizontal flight configuration different from the vertical flight configuration. The wings may be rotated during flight to transition between horizontal and vertical flight configurations, and they may be rotated about multiple axes.