Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft and method for controlling a flow of a fluid along a fluidic line of a vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft
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Application No.: US17312301Application Date: 2019-10-31
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Publication No.: US11643201B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Roberto Vanni , Andrea Antoni
- Applicant: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Rome
- Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Rome
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: EP 214922 2018.12.20
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/059359 2019.10.31
- International Announcement: WO2020/128661A 2020.06.25
- Date entered country: 2021-06-09
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C1/26 ; B64C27/00

Abstract:
A vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a longitudinal axis; a pair of semi-wings protruding from the fuselage in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal axis; a pair of a predetermined breaking areas of the semi-wings defining respective preferred rupture sections at which the respective semi-wings are designed to break, during operation, in a controlled way moving along a preferred collapse trajectory in the event of impact; and at least one fluidic line configured to convey at least one service fluid from and/or towards at least one said semi-wing and crossing at least one of said preferred rupture sections; the aircraft comprises a self-sealing coupling movable between a first configuration in which it enables the flow of said service fluid from and/or towards the semi-wing, and a second configuration in which it prevents the above-mentioned flow and the spilling of the service fluid from the fluidic line; the self-sealing coupling is movable from the first to the second configuration via the movement of the semi-wing along the preferred collapse trajectory.
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