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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventor:
Luis Gonzalez, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY, Manassas, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 39/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a thrust vectoring system including a centrifugal fan and a nozzle configured to output an exhaust from the centrifugal fan, wherein the thrust vectoring system is configured to controllably orient at least one of, the centrifugal fan or the nozzle, to vector a thrust generated by the exhaust.