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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brandon Wayne Miller, Middletown, OH (US);
Ian Francis Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64C 11/48 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64C 11/48 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 2027/005 (2013.01); Y02T 50/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes at least two propulsion engines. Each propulsion engine rotates about a longitudinal rotational axis, and a propulsive fan associated with each propulsion engine rotates in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal rotational axis. Each plane is at least one of spaced axially along a fuselage of the aircraft and canted such that each plane does not intersect any other plane associated with another propulsion engine and propulsive fan.