Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage modes for tiltrotor aircraft
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Application No.: US15269825Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US10065736B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Christopher Edward Foskey
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C27/22
- IPC: B64C27/22 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C3/56 ; B64C11/28 ; B64C7/02 ; B64C5/10 ; B64C5/02

Abstract:
A tiltrotor aircraft having a VTOL flight mode, a forward flight mode and a storage mode includes a fuselage having a wing rotatably mounted thereto. The wing has an orientation generally perpendicular to the fuselage, in the flight modes, and an orientation generally parallel to the fuselage, in the storage mode. First and second pylon assemblies are positioned proximate outboard ends of the wing. First and second mast assemblies are respectively rotatable relative to the first and second pylon assemblies and have generally vertical orientations, in the VTOL flight mode, and generally horizontal orientations, in the forward flight mode and the storage mode. First and second proprotor assemblies are respectively rotatable relative to the first and second mast assemblies. Each proprotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades and has a radially extended orientation, in the flight modes, and a stowed orientation, in the storage mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180079500A1 Storage Modes for Tiltrotor Aircraft Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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