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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. Ivans, Ponder, TX (US);
Berlin B. Benfield, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/33 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 1/14 (2013.01); B64C 1/1415 (2013.01); B64C 29/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/33 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed in one example an unmanned vertical lift aircraft, comprising: an airframe; a drive system configured for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL); a power plant to power the drive system; and an internal cargo bay comprising a fore aperture and an aft aperture, the fore and aft apertures having dimensions substantially conforming to a cross section of the internal cargo bay, and the internal cargo bay comprising a substantially linear and open volume between the fore and aft apertures.