Tiltrotor propulsion system for an aircraft

US10252797B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Randy M. Vondrell · Cincinnati, US
• Matthew R. Polakowski · Greenfield, US
• Kurt David Murrow · Kyles, US
• Glenn David Crabtree · Oregonia, US
• Darek Tomasz Zatorski · Fort Wright, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/60
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft includes a fuselage, a forward wing assembly, and aft wing assembly, and a propulsion system. The propulsion system includes a first primary thrust propulsor and a first secondary thrust propulsor, the first primary thrust propulsor being different than the first secondary thrust propulsor. Both the first primary thrust propulsor and the first secondary thrust propulsor are mounted to the same one of: a starboard side of the aft wing assembly, a port side of the aft wing assembly, a starboard side of the forward wing assembly, or a port side of the forward wing assembly.