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Highly swept canard with low sweep wing supersonic aircraft configuration

US6857599B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 2003
Grant dateFeb 22, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

An aircraft, comprising a fuselage having an elongated, narrow forward portion, a main wing carried by a rear portion of the fuselage, a canard wing carried by said fuselage forward portion and having swept back leading and trailing edges tapering toward a tip or tips, the canard wing having less lifting surface than the main wing.

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