Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Double-blown wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US17010557Application Date: 2020-09-02
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Publication No.: US11618560B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Ran D. St. Clair , Robert W. Parks , Robert Ormiston
- Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VA Manassas
- Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Manassas
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C9/16 ; B64C5/02

Abstract:
Example double-blown wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a wing having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a mounting rib having a first end and a second end, the mounting rib coupled to the wing, the first end forward of the leading edge, the second end aft of the trailing edge, the mounting rib including: a first rotor having a first propeller, the first rotor coupled to the first end of the mounting rib below the leading edge, the first propeller having a first axis of rotation, and a second rotor having a second propeller, the second rotor coupled to the second end of the mounting rib above the trailing edge, the second propeller having a second axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210139141A1 DOUBLE-BLOWN WING VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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