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Fuselage for an aircraft with fuselage-integrated tailplane

US11772809B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Stangl · Schweinhub, DE
Robert Osterhuber · Schweinhub, DE
Philipp Ernstberger · Schweinhub, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2021
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02K1/80
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuselage for an aircraft. The fuselage has a control element with an integrated engine outlet. The control element is integrated at a rear end of the fuselage, so that the control element terminates flush with an outer skin of the fuselage in a circumferential direction of the fuselage. An outer wall of the control element surrounds the engine outlet wherein the engine outlet is directed towards an open rear side of the control element. The control element is connected to the fuselage such that the control element jointly the engine outlet is pivotable about a rotation axis with respect to the fuselage. The rotation axis runs transversely to a longitudinal direction of the fuselage and the control element functions as a tailplane when pivoting about the rotation axis.

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