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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kurt David Murrow, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dominic Barone, Centerville, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a wing coupled to, and extending from, the fuselage; and a hybrid-electric propulsion system. The hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a power source including a combustion engine and an electric generator; a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans integrated into the wing and oriented to generate thrust along the vertical direction, the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans arranged along a length of the wing and driven by the power source; and a forward thrust propulsor. The forward thrust propulsor it is selectively or permanently mechanically coupled to the combustion engine.