Systems and methods for controlling rotor tilt for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeArcher Aviation Inc.
InventorsPieter Depape, Geoffrey C. Bower
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Abstract
A rotor mounting assembly for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a boom configured for mounting to a wing of the aircraft; a mount for mounting a rotor assembly, the mount connected to the boom at a joint and tiltable about the joint from a forward thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide forward thrust for forward flight to a vertical thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide vertical thrust for vertical take-off and landing and hover; a multi-link assembly extending from the boom to the mount; and a rotary actuator for actuating the multi-link assembly to control tilting of the mount.
Claims21
A rotor mounting assembly for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:
- a boom configured for mounting to a wing of the aircraft;
- a mount for mounting a rotor assembly, the mount connected to the boom at a joint and tiltable about the joint from a forward thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide forward thrust for forward flight to a vertical thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide vertical thrust for vertical take-off and landing and hover, wherein the joint directly connects an upper portion of an end of the boom to an upper portion of the mount;
- a multi-link assembly extending from the boom to the mount;
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- a rotary actuator for actuating the multi-link assembly to control tilting of the mount.
A method of controlling a vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:
- controlling tilt of a rotor assembly between a forward thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide forward thrust for forward flight and a vertical thrust orientation, wherein the rotor assembly is mounted to a mount that is connected to a boom of the aircraft at a joint, and the tilt is controlled by actuating a rotary actuator coupled to a multi-link assembly that extends from the boom to the mount, and wherein the joint directly connects an upper portion of an end of the boom to an upper portion of the mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.