US 12,304,633 B2
Emergency egress in a blended wing body aircraft
Jennifer Whitlock, Zionsville, IN (US); Brendan Kennelly, Fullerton, CA (US); and Mark Allan Page, Orange, CA (US)
Assigned to JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by JETZERO, INC., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,601.
Application 18/144,601 is a continuation of application No. 16/726,765, filed on Dec. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,697,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,615, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406504 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2023.01); B64C 39/10 (2006.01); B64D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/00 (2013.01) [B64C 1/10 (2013.01); B64C 1/1423 (2013.01); B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 39/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/10 (2013.01); B64D 25/14 (2013.01); B64C 2039/105 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blended wing body (BWB) aircraft comprising:
a main cabin configured to hold a plurality of rows of seats configured to accommodate passengers during flight;
at least one cargo hold located outboard of the main cabin; and
at least one egress route aft of the plurality of rows of seats through a side cabin bulkhead comprising:
a first exit door located between the main cabin and a cargo hold; and
a second exit door at a tunnel exit, wherein;
the second exit door is configured to serve as a ramp; and wherein the second exit door is at an end of a shortened exit path;
the second door is beneath at least a wing of the BWB aircraft;
wherein the side cabin bulkhead is located forward of and adjacent to a rear spar of the BWB aircraft.