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Patent No.:

US 12623786 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2022

Aircraft with boundary layer ingestion device having center position between center position of fuselage and center position of rear end portion of fuselage

Applicant:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Yuzuru Yokokawa, Tokyo, JP;

Masayuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;

Ryuji Iijima, Tokyo, JP;

Eiji Shima, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK

Primary Examiner:

Arfan Y Sinaki

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/20 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/16 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft according to the present technology includes: a fuselage section; and a BLI propulsion section. The fuselage section has a cylindrical shape that is long in an axial direction and short in a width direction and a vertical direction, and includes a rear end portion on a rear side in the axial direction. The BLI propulsion section is a BLI propulsion section that is provided on a rear side of the fuselage section and includes an intake port, a center position of the intake port being offset from a center position of the rear end portion in at least one of the vertical direction or the width direction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kobayashi, Hiroshi. (2026). Aircraft with boundary layer ingestion device having center position between center position of fuselage and center position of rear end portion of fuselage (U.S. Patent No. 12623786). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12623786

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