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公开(公告)号：US11945555B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-02
申请号：US17732879
申请日：2022-04-29
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Nissen , Troy Cyril Schank , Peter Charles Robichaux , Jason Paul Hurst , Todd Christopher Worden
CPC classification number: B63B35/50 , B63B35/003 , B63G8/001 , B64F1/28 , B63G2008/005 , B64C29/0033
Abstract: A seabased resupply system includes a fuel containment structure containing fuel and extending fore and aft along a longitudinal axis, a pump on the fuel containment structure operable to pump the fuel, containers located on an exterior of opposite lateral sides of the fuel containment structure, and an operating system located inside one or more of the containers, the operating system comprising at least one selected from a power supply, a communication system, and a control processor.
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公开(公告)号：US20230348054A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-02
申请号：US18337703
申请日：2023-06-20
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Brent C. Ross , Kirk L. Groninga , Steven R. Ivans , Jason Paul Hurst
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64C13/24 , B64D27/24 , B64D35/04
Abstract: Embodiments include an aircraft comprising a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; and first and second propulsion systems connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second propulsion systems and at least a portion of the wing are tiltable between a first position in which the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position in which the aircraft is in a cruise mode, wherein each of the propulsion systems includes pylon and a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades.
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公开(公告)号：US11084579B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-10
申请号：US16743203
申请日：2020-01-15
Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
Inventor： Steven Ray Ivans , Jason Paul Hurst , Brent Chadwick Ross , John Richard McCullough , Paul K. Oldroyd
Abstract: An aircraft for capturing drones includes an airframe having a drone channel with first and second wings extending outboard thereof. A two-dimensional distributed thrust array includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to each of the first and second wings such that the rotor disc of each propulsion assembly is outboard of the drone channel. A flight control system is coupled to the airframe and is operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. A mesh bag is coupled to the drone channel forming a drone capture net. The aircraft is configured to convert between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft is also configured to overtake a drone during flight in the biplane orientation such that the drone passes through the drone channel into the mesh bag, thereby capturing the drone in the drone capture net.
