US 12,441,480 B2
Aircraft
Azuki Ichikawa, Wako (JP); Yuichi Fukuchi, Wako (JP); Hikari Hirayanagi, Wako (JP); and Takuya Kubota, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/621,513.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-055297 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0327020 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 33/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/32 (2024.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 33/10 (2013.01) [B64D 27/32 (2024.01); B64C 29/0008 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
an engine disposed in an interior of the fuselage;
an exhaust orifice;
a rotating electric machine coupled to the engine,
wherein
inside the fuselage, a cooling unit including a radiator and a cooling fan are provided, the radiator being configured to cool at least one of a motor that generates a thrust on the aircraft or a power conversion device that supplies power to the motor, the cooling fan being configured to supply air outside the fuselage to the radiator and deliver the air to the interior of the fuselage, the exhaust orifice being configured to discharge the air delivered to the interior of the fuselage,
the cooling unit is arranged forward of the engine in the fuselage,
the exhaust orifice is arranged rearward of the engine in the fuselage,
in the interior of the fuselage, electronic equipment including an electronic device is arranged forward of the engine,
the rotating electric machine is arranged forward of the engine in the fuselage, and
the electronic equipment includes the power conversion device or an electrical power device configured to supply power from the rotating electric machine to the motor.