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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Alber, Milford, CT (US);
Charles Gayagoy, Orange, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 1/0009 (2013.01); B64C 7/02 (2013.01); B64C 23/069 (2017.05);
Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes a wing, nacelles supportively disposed at opposite ends of the wing, proprotors respectively attached to each of the nacelles with each of the proprotors being rotatable to generate lift in vertical flight and thrust in horizontal flight and a delta-wing shaped fuselage disposed along the wing between the nacelles.