US 12,459,631 B2
Aircraft vertical stabilizer with moveable propulsion system(s)
Daniel B. Kupratis, Wallingford, CT (US); Benjamin T. Mylrea, Jupiter, FL (US); and Paul R. Hanrahan, Sedona, AZ (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/437,801.
Prior Publication US 2025/0256833 A1, Aug. 14, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 5/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/20 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 5/06 (2013.01) [B64C 39/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 2039/105 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
an aircraft body extending along a centerline between a body forward end and a body aft end;
a vertical stabilizer extending spanwise from a stabilizer base to a stabilizer tip, the vertical stabilizer extending longitudinally from a stabilizer leading edge to a stabilizer trailing edge, and the vertical stabilizer extending laterally between a stabilizer first side and a stabilizer second side, the vertical stabilizer connected to the aircraft body at the body aft end, and the vertical stabilizer projecting vertically out from a gravitational top side of the aircraft body;
a first turbine engine movably mounted to the vertical stabilizer at the stabilizer first side;
a second turbine engine moveably mounted to the vertical stabilizer at the stabilizer second side;
an actuation system configured to move the first turbine engine and the second turbine engine relative to the vertical stabilizer;
a first aircraft propulsion system mounted to the aircraft body at the gravitational top side of the aircraft body; and
a second aircraft propulsion system mounted to the aircraft body at the gravitational top side of the aircraft body with the vertical stabilizer located laterally between the first aircraft propulsion system and the second aircraft propulsion system.