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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Mark R. Alber, Milford, CT (US);
Jeffrey Parkhurst, Meriden, CT (US);
Charles Gayagoy, Orange, CT (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
An aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage from which a tilt-wing respectively extends, first prop-rotors, which are formed to define first rotor disks and which are respectively disposed on first portions of each side of the tilt-wing, second prop-rotors, which are formed to define second rotor disks and which are respectively disposed on second portions of each side of the tilt-wing such that the corresponding pairs of first and second rotor disks overlap, and a drive shaft system. The drive shaft system is configured to synchronize respective operations of the first and second prop-rotors.