Tilting closed-wing aircraft
US11279478B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C39/062
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft that is convertible between a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The aircraft includes a fuselage with a longitudinal axis and a vertical axis and distributed propulsion array that surrounds the vertical axis when the aircraft is operating the helicopter mode and surrounds the longitudinal axis when the aircraft is operating in the airplane mode.
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