Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft with displaceable control surface
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Application No.: US16661740Application Date: 2019-10-23
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Publication No.: US11235856B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Pascal Flynn-Robitaille
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C9/08
- IPC: B64C9/08 ; B64C13/38 ; B64C29/02

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a wing and a rotor pod mounted to the wing. The rotor pod includes a body having a forward end and an aft end. A propeller is mounted to the body of the rotor pod at the forward end. A control surface is mounted to the body of the rotor pod between the forward and aft ends and extends outwardly from the body. The control surface is displaceable relative to the body between a first control configuration and a second control configuration to control an attitude of the aircraft. The control surface in the first control configuration is closer to the propeller than the control surface in the second control configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210122458A1 AIRCRAFT WITH DISPLACEABLE CONTROL SURFACE Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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