US 12,240,600 B2
Electric tiltrotor aircraft
Brent C. Ross, Flower Mound, TX (US); Kirk L. Groninga, Keller, TX (US); Steven R. Ivans, Ponder, TX (US); and Jason Paul Hurst, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,703.
Application 18/337,703 is a continuation of application No. 17/324,184, filed on May 19, 2021, granted, now 11,718,397.
Prior Publication US 2023/0348054 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/30 (2024.01); B64D 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 29/0033 (2013.01) [B64C 13/24 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 27/30 (2024.01); B64D 35/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
a wing connected to the fuselage; and
a pair of booms connected to opposite sides of the fuselage;
an aft pair of boom-mounted propulsion systems mounted proximate aft ends of booms;
a forward pair of boom-mounted propulsion systems mounted to forward ends of booms; and
a pair of wing-mounted propulsion systems mounted to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage;
wherein each of the propulsion systems includes pylon and a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades; and
wherein at least a portion of each of the forward pair of boom-mounted propulsion systems and the wing-mounted propulsion systems are tiltable between a first position in which the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position in which the aircraft is in a cruise mode.