公开(公告)号：US11492131B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US17306428

申请日：2021-05-03

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Brent Ross ,  Michael Rinehart ,  Jeffrey Williams ,  Clegg Smith ,  Nick Pravanh

IPC: B64D29/06 ,  B64C29/00

Abstract: An aircraft including a nacelle configured as a housing for an engine and disposed at a fixed location relative a wing member; a proprotor housing coupled to the nacelle, the proprotor housing configured to selectively rotate between a horizontal orientation and a non-horizontal orientation; a door hingedly coupled to the proprotor housing by a first hinge joint and hingedly coupled to the nacelle by a second hinge joint. An aspect includes an aircraft with a proprotor coupled to a wing member, the proprotor comprising a forward portion and an aft portion; wherein the forward portion is configured to selectively pivot between a horizontal orientation and a non-horizontal orientation about a conversion axis C; and wherein when the forward portion is in a non-horizontal orientation, the aft portion is in a horizonal orientation.

公开(公告)号：US20210316873A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US17306428

申请日：2021-05-03

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Brent Ross ,  Michael Rinehart ,  Jeffrey Williams ,  Clegg Smith ,  Nick Pravanh

IPC: B64D29/06 ,  B64C29/00

Abstract: An aircraft including a nacelle configured as a housing for an engine and disposed at a fixed location relative a wing member; a proprotor housing coupled to the nacelle, the proprotor housing configured to selectively rotate between a horizontal orientation and a non-horizontal orientation; a door hingedly coupled to the proprotor housing by a first hinge joint and hingedly coupled to the nacelle by a second hinge joint. An aspect includes an aircraft with a proprotor coupled to a wing member, the proprotor comprising a forward portion and an aft portion; wherein the forward portion is configured to selectively pivot between a horizontal orientation and a non-horizontal orientation about a conversion axis C; and wherein when the forward portion is in a non-horizontal orientation, the aft portion is in a horizonal orientation.