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US 11,952,097 B1Granted
Blended wing body aircraft
AssigneeJetZero, Inc.
InventorMark Allan Page
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Abstract
Described herein is a blended wing body aircraft. In some embodiments, a blended wing body aircraft may include a set of passenger loading doors on a first lateral side of the aircraft, and a set of passenger unloading doors on the second lateral side of the aircraft. In some embodiments, this configuration may allow for more efficient loading and unloading of blended wing body aircraft.
Claims19
A blended wing body aircraft, comprising:
- a plurality of wings;
- and
- a main body, wherein the main body comprises:
- a first passenger loading door on a first lateral side of the blended wing body aircraft;
- a first passenger unloading door on a second lateral side of the blended wing body aircraft;
- a first lateral aisle between the first passenger loading door and the first passenger unloading door;
- and
- a longitudinal structural element comprising a wall, a window and a door that separates a passenger cabin into a first bay and a second bay, wherein the first lateral aisle passes through the longitudinal structural element;
- wherein there is no clear demarcation between the wings and body of the blended wing body aircraft along a leading edge of the blended wing body aircraft.
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A method of loading and unloading a blended wing body aircraft, the method comprising:
- loading passengers onto the blended wing body aircraft using a first passenger loading door on a first lateral side of the blended wing body aircraft and a first lateral aisle, wherein the first lateral aisle passes through a longitudinal structural element which comprises a wall, a window and a door that separates a passenger cabin into a first bay and a second bay;
- and
- unloading passengers from the blended wing body aircraft using a first passenger unloading door on a second lateral side of the blended wing body aircraft and the first lateral aisle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.