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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Duffy, St. Louis, MO (US);
Shaun M. Detloff, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/30 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/30 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propeller assembly including a shaft having a rotational axis; a plurality of propellers connected to the shaft; means for deploying the plurality of propellers using a centrifugal force generated from a rotation of the shaft, so as to provide vertical thrust during a vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; and means for restoring the propellers into a stowed configuration.