公开(公告)号：US11332228B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US15946879

申请日：2018-04-06

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Clint Church ,  Jeffrey Chambers

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C1/12 ,  B64C1/00

Abstract: A wide-body aircraft is disclosed with a fuselage section that includes a set of side-by-side fuselage lobes having a fuselage skin. A first woven composite preform positioned at a first intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a first cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. A second woven composite preform positioned at a second intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a second cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. Each of the first and second woven composite preforms are configured to receive a structural component, such that each of the first and second woven composite preforms accommodates vertical load imparted through the structural component.

公开(公告)号：US20190308715A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US15946879

申请日：2018-04-06

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Clint Church ,  Jeffrey Chambers

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C1/12

Abstract: A wide-body aircraft is disclosed with a fuselage section that includes a set of side-by-side fuselage lobes having a fuselage skin. A first woven composite preform positioned at a first intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a first cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. A second woven composite preform positioned at a second intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a second cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. Each of the first and second woven composite preforms are configured to receive a structural component, such that each of the first and second woven composite preforms accommodates vertical load imparted through the structural component.

公开(公告)号：US11142330B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16117305

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Gary Richard Papas ,  Neil Titchener ,  Brian M. Yutko ,  Clint Church ,  Jian Long Tian

IPC: B64D35/00 ,  B64D27/14 ,  B64C21/00 ,  B64D33/04 ,  F16H1/22 ,  F16H37/06 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C21/06 ,  F02K3/062

Abstract: An aircraft with an integrated boundary layer ingesting propulsion having a mechanically-distributed propulsion system. The mechanically-distributed propulsion system may include an engine to generate a mechanical drive power, a drive shaft, a direction-reversing transmission, and a propulsor fan. The drive shaft may be operatively coupled to the engine to receive the mechanical drive power. The direction-reversing transmission may have a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft to receive the mechanical drive power, which is configured to redirect the mechanical drive power received at the first rotating shaft from a first direction to face a second direction at the second rotating shaft. The propulsor fan may be coupled to the second rotating shaft to convert the mechanical drive power into thrust.

公开(公告)号：US20200070995A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16117305

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Gary Richard Papas ,  Neil Titchener ,  Brian M. Yutko ,  Clint Church ,  Jian Long Tian

IPC: B64D35/00 ,  F16H1/22 ,  F16H37/06 ,  F16H57/04 ,  F16D3/06 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64D33/04 ,  B64D27/14 ,  B64C21/00

Abstract: An aircraft with an integrated boundary layer ingesting propulsion having a mechanically-distributed propulsion system. The mechanically-distributed propulsion system may include an engine to generate a mechanical drive power, a drive shaft, a direction-reversing transmission, and a propulsor fan. The drive shaft may be operatively coupled to the engine to receive the mechanical drive power. The direction-reversing transmission may have a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft to receive the mechanical drive power, which is configured to redirect the mechanical drive power received at the first rotating shaft from a first direction to face a second direction at the second rotating shaft. The propulsor fan may be coupled to the second rotating shaft to convert the mechanical drive power into thrust.

公开(公告)号：US12110846B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17332085

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Gary Richard Papas ,  Neil Titchener ,  Brian M. Yutko ,  Clint Church ,  Jian Long Tian

IPC: F02K3/062 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C21/01 ,  B64D27/14 ,  B64D33/04 ,  B64D35/00 ,  F16H1/22 ,  F16H37/06

CPC classification number: F02K3/062 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C21/01 ,  B64D27/14 ,  B64D33/04 ,  B64D35/00 ,  F16H1/222 ,  F16H37/065

Abstract: An aircraft with an integrated boundary layer ingesting propulsion having a mechanically-distributed propulsion system. The mechanically-distributed propulsion system may include an engine to generate a mechanical drive power, a drive shaft, a direction-reversing transmission, and a propulsor fan. The drive shaft may be operatively coupled to the engine to receive the mechanical drive power. The direction-reversing transmission may have a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft to receive the mechanical drive power, which is configured to redirect the mechanical drive power received at the first rotating shaft from a first direction to face a second direction at the second rotating shaft. The propulsor fan may be coupled to the second rotating shaft to convert the mechanical drive power into thrust.

公开(公告)号：US20210284352A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17332085

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company

Inventor： Gary Richard Papas ,  Neil Titchener ,  Brian M. Yutko ,  Clint Church ,  Jian Long Tian

IPC: B64D35/00 ,  B64C21/00 ,  B64D27/14 ,  B64D33/04 ,  F16H1/22 ,  F16H37/06 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C21/06 ,  F02K3/062

Abstract: An aircraft with an integrated boundary layer ingesting propulsion having a mechanically-distributed propulsion system. The mechanically-distributed propulsion system may include an engine to generate a mechanical drive power, a drive shaft, a direction-reversing transmission, and a propulsor fan. The drive shaft may be operatively coupled to the engine to receive the mechanical drive power. The direction-reversing transmission may have a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft to receive the mechanical drive power, which is configured to redirect the mechanical drive power received at the first rotating shaft from a first direction to face a second direction at the second rotating shaft. The propulsor fan may be coupled to the second rotating shaft to convert the mechanical drive power into thrust.