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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
James Elbert King, N. Richland Hills, TX (US);
Michael Edwin Rinehart, Euless, TX (US);
William S. Atkins, Famers Branch, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01); B64C 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 3/185 (2013.01); B64C 3/546 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 27/26 (2013.01); B64D 2027/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propulsion and lift system for an aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end and a pylon assembly coupled to the outboard end of the wing. The propulsion and lift system also includes a wing extension rotatably coupled to the outboard end of the pylon assembly. The wing extension is rotatable between a flight position in a flight mode and a stow position in a storage mode. The wing extension folds inboard in the stow position, thereby reducing a wingspan of the aircraft in the storage mode.