AIRCRAFT WITH ASYMMETRIC ROTORS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220169366A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17106580

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes an airframe and a first propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The first propulsion assembly includes a first rotor hub and a first plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the first rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the first rotor hub. The aircraft also includes a second propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The second propulsion assembly includes a second rotor hub and a second plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the second rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the second rotor hub.

    LOW NOISE DUCTED FAN
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220177121A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17116726

    申请日:2020-12-09

    Abstract: An exemplary ducted fan includes a duct having a central longitudinal axis, a rotor hub and stator hub extending along the central longitudinal axis, rotor blades extending from the rotor hub, each of the rotor blades operable to rotate about its own pitch-change axis, the pitch-change axes lying in a rotor plane that is generally perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, each of the rotor blades having a rotor trailing edge and a rotor chord length, stators extending from the stator hub to an interior surface of the duct, each of the stators having a stator leading edge and a stator thickness, and a first separation between the rotor plane and the stator leading edge of not less than approximately 1.5 times the stator thickness.

    CONTRA-ROTATING ROTORS WITH DISSIMILAR NUMBERS OF BLADES

    公开(公告)号:US20220111952A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17067723

    申请日:2020-10-11

    Abstract: A rotor system has a mast axis, a first rotor rotatable about the mast axis in a first direction and the first rotor has a first number of first rotor blades, and a second rotor rotatable about the mast axis in a second direction and the second rotor has a second number of second rotor blades that is different than the first number. The second direction is opposite the first direction.

    Aircraft with asymmetric rotors
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11745855B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17106580

    申请日:2020-11-30

    CPC classification number: B64C11/46 B64C29/0025 B64C39/024 B64U50/13 B64U70/80

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes an airframe and a first propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The first propulsion assembly includes a first rotor hub and a first plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the first rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the first rotor hub. The aircraft also includes a second propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The second propulsion assembly includes a second rotor hub and a second plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the second rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the second rotor hub.

    Low noise ducted fan
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11827344B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17116726

    申请日:2020-12-09

    Abstract: An exemplary ducted fan includes a duct having a central longitudinal axis, a rotor hub and stator hub extending along the central longitudinal axis, rotor blades extending from the rotor hub, each of the rotor blades operable to rotate about its own pitch-change axis, the pitch-change axes lying in a rotor plane that is generally perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, each of the rotor blades having a rotor trailing edge and a rotor chord length, stators extending from the stator hub to an interior surface of the duct, each of the stators having a stator leading edge and a stator thickness, and a first separation between the rotor plane and the stator leading edge of not less than approximately 1.5 times the stator thickness.

    LOW-NOISE ROTOR CONFIGURATIONS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220169369A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17106481

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes a fuselage and a first support boom extending from the fuselage and having a first boom thickness. The aircraft also includes a first propulsion assembly coupled to the first support boom. The first propulsion assembly includes a first rotor hub and first rotor blades extending from the first rotor hub and operable to rotate in a first rotor plane with the first rotor hub. The aircraft also includes a first separation between the first rotor plane and the first support boom of not less than approximately 1.5 times the first boom thickness.

    Contra-rotating rotors with dissimilar numbers of blades

    公开(公告)号:US11319062B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US17067723

    申请日:2020-10-11

    Abstract: A rotor system has a mast axis, a first rotor rotatable about the mast axis in a first direction and the first rotor has a first number of first rotor blades, and a second rotor rotatable about the mast axis in a second direction and the second rotor has a second number of second rotor blades that is different than the first number. The second direction is opposite the first direction.

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