US 12,139,256 B1
Long range freighter aircraft
Mark Allan Page, Long Beach, CA (US); Blaine Knight Rawdon, Long Beach, CA (US); and John Charles Vassberg, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by JETZERO, INC., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,229.
Int. Cl. B64C 39/10 (2006.01); B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 25/18 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 39/10 (2013.01) [B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 25/18 (2013.01); B64D 9/003 (2013.01); B64D 11/0023 (2013.01); B64C 2039/105 (2013.01); B64D 2009/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A freighter aircraft for long-distance travel, the freighter aircraft comprising:
a blended wing body having a main body, a transition, and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the freighter aircraft;
a fuel storage located within the blended wing body, the fuel storage comprising a fuel capacity, wherein the fuel storage comprises a plurality of fuel stores, wherein the plurality of fuel stores contains different types of fuel, and wherein the fuel capacity is configured for long-range flight;
a cargo bay located within the main body, the cargo bay configured to have a freighter capacity; and
a cargo loading system comprising a conveyor belt configured to extend from a first location outside the freighter aircraft to a second location inside the cargo bay of the freighter aircraft and move cargo from the first location to the second location, and
wherein the freighter aircraft is a long-range aircraft, the freighter aircraft configured to provide a ton-miles per sortie between 135,000 and 450,000.