Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft with a propulsion unit with offset fan
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Application No.: US15284895Application Date: 2016-10-04
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Publication No.: US10850859B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand , Tewfik Boudebiza , Gilles Alain Charier , Nathalie Nowakowski
- Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Current Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Priority: FR1559452 20151005; FR1561014 20151116
- Main IPC: B64D27/18
- IPC: B64D27/18 ; B64D35/04 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C3/32 ; B64C11/00 ; B64D27/12 ; B64D27/26 ; B64D35/02 ; F02K1/54 ; F02K3/077

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a wing having a first upstream spar and a second downstream spar extending in the direction of the span of said wing, and at least one propulsion unit supported by the wing. The propulsion unit includes a turboprop engine and a propeller. The propeller includes an external annular casing fixed to a suction surface of the wing, and at least to the first upstream spar via at least one first and second fastener.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170240286A1 AIRCRAFT WITH A PROPULSION UNIT WITH OFFSET FAN Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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