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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
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 ...
B64D 35/04 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/028 (2013.01); B64C 2201/088 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided and includes wings, first and second nacelles supported on each of the wings, each of the first and second nacelles including a propeller drivable to generate aircraft thrust, and an asymmetrical power generation unit. The asymmetrical power generation unit includes a single engine unit disposed in only one of the first and second nacelles to generate power to drive the propellers of both the first and second nacelles.