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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Fort Worth, TX (US);
George Ryan Decker, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael Edwin Rinehart, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Andrew G. Baines, Fort Worth, TX (US);
James Elbert King, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A propulsion and lift system of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end, a wing tip assembly having an inboard end, a fixed nacelle coupled to the wing tip assembly and a wing-nacelle splice assembly having inboard and outboard sides. The inboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the outboard end of the wing, and the outboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the inboard end of the wing tip assembly, thereby coupling the fixed nacelle to the wing.