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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2023
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Christopher Edward Foskey, Keller, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A variable-sweep wing for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a fuselage link coupled to the fuselage and a pylon link coupled to a pylon. A wing airframe has a root end pivotably coupled to the fuselage link and a tip end pivotably coupled to the pylon link. A driveshaft is coupled between the fuselage link and the pylon link and is positioned within the wing airframe. The driveshaft is operable to transmit torque from the main gearbox to a proprotor gearbox. A crank is coupled between the fuselage link and the pylon link and is positioned within the wing airframe. The fuselage link, the pylon link, the driveshaft and the crank form a linkage such that pivoting the crank relative to the fuselage link causes the wing airframe to shift between a substantially straight wing configuration for low-speed forward flight and a swept wing configuration for high-speed forward flight.