公开(公告)号：US11440644B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16797342

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Kent E. Donaldson ,  Kyle Smolarek ,  Lynn Francis Eschete

IPC: B64C23/06 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C21/10

Abstract: An exemplary aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending to an outboard end, and an anhedral winglet extending from the outboard end through an angular transition to a tip, the anhedral winglet having an external surface exposed to the rotor downwash and the external surface is contoured to generate local wing lift in response to the rotor downwash.

公开(公告)号：US12139251B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17883148

申请日：2022-08-08

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Kent E. Donaldson ,  Kyle Smolarek ,  Lynn Francis Eschete

IPC: B64C23/06 ,  B64C21/10 ,  B64C27/32

Abstract: An exemplary aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending to an outboard end, and an anhedral winglet extending from the outboard end through an angular transition to a tip, the anhedral winglet having an external surface exposed to the rotor downwash and the external surface is contoured to generate local wing lift in response to the rotor downwash.