Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16042370Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11040779B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Kurt David Murrow , Darek Tomasz Zatorski , Dominic Barone
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D27/24
- IPC: B64D27/24 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C3/10 ; B64D27/08 ; B64C3/32 ; B64D35/02 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D31/06 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/26 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a propulsion system including a power source and a vertical thrust electric fan oriented to generate thrust along a vertical direction and powered by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage and including the vertical thrust electric fan positioned at least partially therein. The wing includes a variable geometry assembly having partial wing assembly, the partial wing assembly including a frame and a first member, the partial wing assembly moveable generally along a longitudinal direction when the variable geometry assembly is moved between a forward thrust position and a vertical thrust position, the first member moveable relative to the frame to form an exhaust path for the vertical thrust electric fan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190047717A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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