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Ducted fan of an aircraft and aircraft

US11541989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

Patrick Scholl · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Jens-Ole Thoebel · Emmen, DE
Christian Wenzel · Untergruppenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 13, 2021
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C29/0025
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ducted fan for an aircraft includes a rotor-side fan and a stator-side duct that surrounds the rotor-side fan. The stator-side duct includes an inner wall facing the rotor-side fan and an outer wall averted from the fan. The ducted fan further includes a fastening device configured to support mounting of the ducted fan on a structural component of the aircraft. The fastening device includes a pin and a guide body. The guide body is configured to receive and guide the pin, the pin is insertable proceeding from the inner wall into a recess of the guide body, a first end of the pin protrudes relative to the outer wall, and the pin is configured to be mounted, via the first end, on a bearing of the structural component of the aircraft.

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