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Aircraft with a fuselage accommodating an unducted turbine engine

US12030652B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2022
Grant dateJul 9, 2024
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft comprising a fuselage and an unducted turbine engine. The fuselage having a divot with an upstream edge and a downstream edge. The divot is defined by a straight reference line having a length (L) and a maximum depth (h) relative to the straight reference line. The unducted turbine engine having an engine core, a nacelle, and a set of blades. A first flow ratio (FR1) is equal to:

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