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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew J. Goldberg, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Gregory Joseph Toland, Escondido, CA (US);

Kevin Heffelfinger, Gardena, CA (US);

Lane Iverson, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 37/06 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/04 (2013.01); B64D 37/06 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64C 29/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes (i) a first nacelle fuel tank configured to hold a first fuel supply for a first engine and to selectively provide fuel to the first engine during both (a) a vertical take-off and landing, and (b) horizontal flight; (ii) a fuselage fuel tank, and (iii) a control system configured to redistribute fuel between the first nacelle fuel tank and the fuselage fuel tank.


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