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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Colton James Gilliland, Northlake, TX (US);
Mark Alan Przybyla, Keller, TX (US);
Eric Stephen Olson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary tiltrotor aircraft with a hybrid drive system includes a first propulsion system having a first engine and a first supplemental driver operably coupled to a first proprotor that is operable between a helicopter mode and an airplane mode and a second propulsion system having a second engine and a second supplemental driver operably coupled to a second proprotor that is operable between a helicopter mode and an airplane mode.