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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samuel B Williams, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Elbert L Rutan, Mojave, CA (US);
Assignee:
Williams Internaitonal Co., L.L.C., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B / ; B64D / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 / ; 244 55 ; 244 15 ;
Abstract
A jet aircraft has a generally cylindrical fuselage section defining a passenger compartment and a generally conical aft fuselage section having a maximum lateral dimension substantially smaller than the lateral dimension of the fuselage section. A propulsion engine is mounted on the vertical stabilizer of the fuselage and has an air inlet disposed entirely within a rearward projection of the fuselage passenger compartment to preclude the ingestion of foreign objects into the engine.