公开(公告)号：US11958593B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17529025

申请日：2021-11-17

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

发明人： Michael J. Duffy ,  Shaun M. Detloff

IPC分类号： B64C27/30 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64D27/24

CPC分类号： B64C27/30 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64D27/24

摘要： A propeller assembly including a shaft having a rotational axis; a plurality of propellers connected to the shaft; means for deploying the plurality of propellers using a centrifugal force generated from a rotation of the shaft, so as to provide vertical thrust during a vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; and means for restoring the propellers into a stowed configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20220161926A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17529025

申请日：2021-11-17

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

发明人： Michael J. Duffy ,  Shaun M. Detloff

IPC分类号： B64C27/30 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D31/00

摘要： A propeller assembly including a shaft having a rotational axis; a plurality of propellers connected to the shaft; means for deploying the plurality of propellers using a centrifugal force generated from a rotation of the shaft, so as to provide vertical thrust during a vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; and means for restoring the propellers into a stowed configuration.