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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh, Donauworth, DE;

Inventors:

Rupert Pfaller, Riemerling, DE;

Tobias Ries, Nordendorf, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/54 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8254 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotorcraft with at least one main rotor and a fuselage, comprising: a tail boom connected to the fuselage, the tail boom extending from the fuselage toward a duct-type portion; a shroud provided at the duct-type portion and forming a transverse duct; at least one ducted tail rotor rotatably arranged in the transverse duct, wherein the at least one ducted tail rotor comprises a plurality of rotor blades mounted to a rotatable rotor hub; and a stator with a gearbox fairing mounted to the shroud for supporting the rotatable rotor hub in the transverse duct, wherein the stator comprises at least one rotatable stator blade connecting the gearbox fairing to the shroud.


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