US 12,134,487 B2
Ultra-quiet aircraft
Mark Douglass Moore, Crossville, TN (US); Ian Andreas Villa, Crossville, TN (US); Sayer Fisher, Baltimore, MD (US); Devon Jedamski, Crossville, TN (US); Xiaofan Fei, Crossville, TN (US); and Andrew Stephen Hahn, Yorktown, VA (US)
Assigned to Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US)
Filed by Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,067.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,885, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002076 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64C 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 29/00 (2006.01); B64U 20/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/14 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 10/25 (2023.01) [B64C 5/02 (2013.01); B64D 29/00 (2013.01); B64U 20/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/14 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
a main inboard wing attached to an upper surface of the fuselage, the main inboard wing having a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end;
a pylon located towards an aft end of the fuselage, the pylon having an end that extends from the upper surface of the fuselage such that the end of the pylon is positioned higher than the main inboard wing;
a propulsor connected to the end of the pylon, the propulsor configured to generate thrust;
a plurality of booms including a first boom and a second boom, the first boom attached to the first end of the main inboard wing and the second boom attached to the second end of the main inboard wing; and
a plurality of horizontal tails including a first horizontal tail and a second horizontal tail, the first horizontal tail connected to a side surface of the first boom and extending outboard away from the propulsor, and the second horizontal tail connected to a side surface of the second boom and extending outboard away from the propulsor,
wherein an entirety of each of the plurality of horizontal tails is configured to rotate;
wherein the aircraft further includes a plurality of horizontal tail rotation mechanisms each configured to rotate a corresponding one of the plurality of horizontal tails, the plurality of horizontal tail rotation mechanisms including a first horizontal tail rotation mechanism located within the first boom and configured to rotate the first horizontal tail and a second horizontal tail rotation mechanism located within the second boom and configured to rotate the second horizontal tail.