Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual tiltwing aircraft having a quadrilateral linkage
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Application No.: US15662257Application Date: 2017-07-27
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Publication No.: US10597152B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Kirk Landon Groninga , Daniel Bryan Robertson
- Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C39/08 ; B64C39/00 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D27/02

Abstract:
An aircraft having a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and a forward flight mode. The aircraft includes a fuselage and a dual tiltwing assembly having a vertical lift orientation and a forward thrust orientation relative to the fuselage. The dual tiltwing assembly includes a forward wing and an aft wing coupled together and to the fuselage by a quadrilateral linkage. A distributed propulsion system is coupled to the dual tiltwing assembly and includes a plurality of forward propulsion assemblies coupled to the forward wing and a plurality of aft propulsion assemblies coupled to the aft wing. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed propulsion system and the dual tiltwing assembly. The flight control system is operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies and is operable to transition the dual tiltwing assembly between the vertical lift orientation and the forward thrust orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190031333A1 Dual Tiltwing Aircraft having a Quadrilateral Linkage Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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