Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Engine installation of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft
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Application No.: US15132883Application Date: 2016-04-19
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Publication No.: US10336449B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Mark R. Alber
- Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Stratford
- Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stratford
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B64C29/02
- IPC: B64C29/02 ; B64D33/02 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D27/12
Abstract:
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage, wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of the fuselage, nacelles supportively disposed on the wings and reversely oriented, axial flow engines disposed in each of the nacelles to generate mechanical energy for driving lift and thrust generating prop-rotor rotations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160304196A1 ENGINE INSTALLATION OF VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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