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Articulated tiltrotor

US11760475B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Textron Innovations Inc. · US

Inventors

Steven Ray Ivans · Fort Worth, US
Berlin Benfield · Grapevine, US
Brent Chadwick Ross · Flower Mound, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C27/52
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed in one example a tiltrotor system for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, including: a rotor pylon, wherein the rotor pylon is rotatable, via a rotation maneuver, between a substantially horizontal orientation and a substantially vertical orientation; a linear actuator disposed to actuate the rotation maneuver; and a mechanical guide disposed to maintain a center of gravity along a substantially linear axis throughout the rotation maneuver.

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