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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kurt David Murrow, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Dominic Barone, Centerville, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a propulsion system including a power source and a vertical thrust electric fan oriented to generate thrust along a vertical direction and powered by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage and including the vertical thrust electric fan positioned at least partially therein. The wing includes a variable geometry assembly having partial wing assembly, the partial wing assembly including a frame and a first member, the partial wing assembly moveable generally along a longitudinal direction when the variable geometry assembly is moved between a forward thrust position and a vertical thrust position, the first member moveable relative to the frame to form an exhaust path for the vertical thrust electric fan.