Propulsion system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12097948B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US18596947

    申请日:2024-03-06

    CPC classification number: B64C11/28 B64C7/02 F01D7/00

    Abstract: A propulsion system, including a rotor arrangement rotatably mounted with respect to a nacelle about a rotor axis. The rotor arrangement includes rotor blades, each being pivotably mounted to a hub element about a respective blade pivot axis, the rotor blades being deployable between an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration. The nacelle includes a nacelle body having a nacelle outer surface including facet elements and transition elements, each facet element extending aft from the hub element, each adjacent pair of facet elements being circumferentially spaced from one another by a corresponding transition element, each facet element having a first curvature with respect to the rotor axis, each transition element having a second curvature with respect to the rotor axis. The first curvature is different from the second curvature. In the undeployed configuration, each rotor blade is in overlying and fully external relationship with respect to a corresponding facet element.

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