US 11,873,082 B2
Aircraft propulsion system
Douglas Famularo, Boston, MA (US); and Jose Antonio Turalba, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,414.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,050, filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363375 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/57 (2006.01); B64C 27/52 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 27/57 (2013.01) [B64C 27/52 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A propulsion system for controlling maneuvers of a tilt rotor aircraft, the propulsion system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the propulsion system to perform functions comprising:
making a determination that changing an orientation of the tilt rotor aircraft is necessary to perform an instructed flight maneuver; and
causing, in response to the determination, a rotor of the tilt rotor aircraft to provide a thrust, thereby applying a torque to the tilt rotor aircraft that changes the orientation of the tilt rotor aircraft.