Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary wing rotorcraft having a plurality of propellers
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Application No.: US14291655Application Date: 2014-05-30
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Publication No.: US09272789B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Pierre Prud'Homme-Lacroix
- Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Applicant Address: FR Marignane
- Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
- Current Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
- Current Assignee Address: FR Marignane
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: FR1301228 20130530
- Main IPC: B64C27/26
- IPC: B64C27/26 ; B64D31/00 ; B64C27/82 ; B64C27/22 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D27/22

Abstract:
A hybrid aircraft (1) having a fuselage (2) extending longitudinally along an anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM) from the rear (4) of the aircraft (1) towards the front (3) of the aircraft (1). The aircraft (1) has a rotary wing (6) carried by the fuselage (2) of a lift surface (10) fastened to the fuselage (2) and constituted by a first half-wing (11) and a second half-wing (12). The aircraft (1) has a first propulsion unit (30) carried by the first half-wing (11) and a second propulsion unit (40) carried by the second half-wing (12). Each propulsion unit (30, 40) includes at least one tractor propeller (31, 32, 41, 42), and at least one propulsion unit has two propellers (31-32, 41-42) on the same axis, each of said propellers rotating about an axis of rotation (AX) that is offset transversely from said anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140353419A1 ROTARY WING ROTORCRAFT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PROPELLERS Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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