Title:
AIRCARFT WITH PUSHER PROPELLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/201991
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Embodiments provide an electric aircraft with a plurality of lift fan assemblies that are configured to provide vertical lift, and one or more pusher propellers that are configured to provide forward thrust. The lift fan assemblies may be coupled to the wings of the aircraft via one or more support structures, and the wings may be coupled to an upper region of the fuselage. The pusher propeller(s) may be coupled to a tailing end of the fuselage. The lift fan assemblies and the pusher propeller(s) may provide thrust and movement in directions that are orthogonal to one another. A control system coupled to the aircraft may control the lift fan assemblies and the one or more pusher propellers to activate, increase in power, and decrease in power. The lift fan assemblies and the one or more pusher propellers may be operated separately, and may be active at different times.
Inventors:
TIGHE JAMES JOSEPH (US)
TZARNOTZY URI (US)
LONG GEOFFREY ALAN (US)
TZARNOTZY URI (US)
LONG GEOFFREY ALAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2021/017497
Publication Date:
November 04, 2021
Filing Date:
February 10, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WISK AERO LLC (US)
International Classes:
B64C27/26; B64C5/02; B64C5/06; B64C5/08; B64C27/22; B64C27/28; B64C27/32
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015143093A2 | 2015-09-24 |
Foreign References:
| US20180105268A1 | 2018-04-19 | |||
| US20130311008A1 | 2013-11-21 | |||
| US20160207625A1 | 2016-07-21 | |||
| US20180105279A1 | 2018-04-19 | |||
| US20160297520A1 | 2016-10-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MILLER, Patrick B. et al. (US)
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