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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Brent C. Ross, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Kirk L. Groninga, Keller, TX (US);
Steven R. Ivans, Ponder, TX (US);
Steve R. Schafer, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Brad Joseph Passe, Irving, TX (US);
Nicholas Ralph Carlson, Dallas, TX (US);
Kip Gregory Campbell, Hurst, TX (US);
Bradley Paul Regnier, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Steven G. Hagerott, Wichita, KS (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is an aircraft including a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; first and second booms connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage; first and second forward propulsion systems attached to forward ends of the first and second booms; first and second aft propulsion systems fixedly attached proximate aft ends of the first and second booms; and first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems connected to outboard ends of wings; wherein the first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems are tiltable between a first position when the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position when the aircraft is in a cruise mode.