Aircraft for commercial air travel and a method of manufacture
AssigneeBlended Wing Aircraft, Inc.
InventorMark A. Page
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Abstract
Aspects related to aircraft for commercial air travel and methods of manufacture. An aircraft includes a blended wing body, a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck additionally includes a passenger compartment located in a lateral middle portion of the blended wing body and at least a cargo store located laterally outside the passenger compartment, and a landing gear, wherein the landing gear includes at least a nose gear located substantially forward of the single deck and at least a main gear located substantially aft of the single deck, wherein one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing that overlaps with a plane coincident with at least a portion of the single deck.
Claims8
An aircraft, the aircraft comprising:
- a blended wing body;
- a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck additionally includes:
- a passenger compartment located in a lateral middle portion of the blended wing body;
- and
- at least a cargo store located laterally outside the passenger compartment;
- and
- a landing gear, wherein the landing gear includes:
- at least a nose gear;
- and
- at least a main gear located substantially aft of the single deck, wherein one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing that overlaps with a plane coincident with at least a portion of the single deck.
A method of manufacture for an aircraft for commercial air travel, the method comprising:
- receiving a blended wing body;
- locating a single deck within the blended wing body;
- locating a passenger compartment in a laterally middle portion of the blended wing body;
- locating at least a cargo store laterally outside the passenger compartment;
- locating at least a nose gear;
- and
- locating at least a main gear substantially aft of the single deck, wherein one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing that overlaps with a plane coincident with at least a portion of the single deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.