Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft with rotating ducted fan
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Application No.: US16659829Application Date: 2019-10-22
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Publication No.: US11267564B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Martin Landry , Mathieu Beland , Maxime Lapalme
- 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: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C27/52 ; B64C27/28 ; B64C27/20

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a fuselage, and a wing extending from the fuselage along a spanwise axis. A section of the wing is rotatable about the spanwise axis. A ducted fan is mounted to the section of the wing. The ducted fan has a hub configured to be drivingly engaged by an engine. The hub is rotatable about a fan axis. Blades protrude from the hub between roots mounted to the hub and tips radially spaced from the hub. A duct circumferentially extends about the fan axis and is mounted to the tips of the blades to rotate with the blades about the fan axis. The section of the wing and the ducted fan are rotatable about the spanwise axis between a hover mode in which the fan axis is substantially perpendicular to a ground, and an aircraft mode in which the fan axis is substantially parallel to the ground.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210114720A1 Aircraft with Rotating Ducted Fan Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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