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Patent No.:

US 11053014 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2018

Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kurt David Murrow, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);

Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);

Dominic Barone, Centerville, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph W Sanderson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/38 (2006.01); B64D 29/04 (2006.01); B64C 3/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 3/32 (2006.01); B64D 35/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64C 3/10 (2013.01); B64C 3/32 (2013.01); B64C 3/38 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/08 (2013.01); B64D 29/04 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64D 35/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/26 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2270/093 (2013.01); H02K 7/1823 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft includes modifying a first variable component of a wing associated with a first portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans relative to a second variable component of the wing associated with a second portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans to adjust an exposure ratio of the first portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans relative to the second portion of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans.

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