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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Asanuma, Saitama, JP;
Susumu Mashio, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The aircraft includes a fuselage, a front wing and a rear wing provided to extend laterally from the fuselage for generating lift during cruise, a boom extending in a front-back direction supported by these wings to be spaced apart from the fuselage, a VTOL rotor supported on the boom and having one or more blades for generating thrust in a vertical direction during take-off and landing, a cooling system for cooling the VTOL rotor by using a radiator arranged within the boom, and an airflow guide structure provided in a part of the boom for guiding airflow generated by rotation of the blades to the radiator, and having an inlet provided on a side that faces toward a rotational direction of the blades relative to a rotational axis of the VTOL rotor, of a surface of the boom positioned below a plane of rotation of the blades.