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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Kent E. Donaldson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kyle Smolarek, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Lynn Francis Eschete, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 21/10 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/069 (2017.05); B64C 21/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending to an outboard end, and an anhedral winglet extending from the outboard end through an angular transition to a tip, the anhedral winglet having an external surface exposed to the rotor downwash and the external surface is contoured to generate local wing lift in response to the rotor downwash.