US 12,172,765 B2
Dissassembly for dual engine vertical take off and landing collapsible fixed wing aircraft
Dane Michael Chantrill, Irvine, CA (US); and Gregory Joseph Toland, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed by Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,431.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/444,080, filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262530 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 29/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64U 80/50 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 29/02 (2013.01) [B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B64C 1/063 (2013.01); B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 29/00 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B64U 80/50 (2023.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of disassembling an aircraft, comprising:
securing the aircraft to a cart;
causing a first wing to be folded relative to a fuselage mount or a center wing;
causing a second wing to be folded relative to the fuselage mount or the center wing;
dismounting a first engine nacelle from a distal end of the first wing and securing the first engine nacelle on the cart in a space at least partially defined by the folded first wing, the folded second wing, and the fuselage mount or the center wing; and
dismounting a second engine nacelle from a distal end of the second wing and securing the second engine nacelle on the cart in the space, wherein the distal ends of the first and second wings are an end opposite the fuselage mount or the center wing; and wherein causing the first wing to be folded relative to the fuselage mount or the center wing comprises rotating the first wing around an axis defined by a first hinge that mounts the first wing to the fuselage mount or the center wing.