Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods

US10793266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boom Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nathaniel Blake Scholl · Oakland, US
• Joseph Ray Wilding · Castle Rock, US
• Joshua Krall · Englewood, US
• Andrew P. Berryann · Englewood, US
• Michael Reid · Kulz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.