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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

May. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Leonardo S.p.a., Rome, IT;

Inventor:

Riccardo Bianco Mengotti, Samarate, IT;

Assignee:

LEONARDO S.P.A., Rome, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/28 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/28 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A convertible aircraft with an airframe defining a first longitudinal axis is described; a pair of half-wings; a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth rotor rotatable about respective first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth axis, and operable independently of each other so as to generate respectively a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth thrust value independent of each other; said fifth and sixth rotor being carried by respective said half-wings and inclinable with respect to said airframe; the aircraft being switchable between a first hovering flight configuration wherein the sixth and seventh axis are arranged orthogonal to the first axis; and a second forward flight configuration wherein the sixth and seventh axis are arranged parallel to or inclined with respect to the first axis; the aircraft comprises first supports adapted to support the fifth and sixth rotor with respect to the respective half-wings; the first supports being arranged spaced apart from respective free ends of respective half-wings according to an extension direction of respective half-wings.


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