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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Mark R. Alber, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64D 2033/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage, wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of the fuselage, nacelles supportively disposed on the wings and reversely oriented, axial flow engines disposed in each of the nacelles to generate mechanical energy for driving lift and thrust generating prop-rotor rotations.