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US 12,195,177 B2Granted
Differential thrust vectoring system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsKirk Landon Groninga, Daniel Bryan Robertson
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Abstract
A differential thrust vectoring system includes a first thruster, a second thruster, a main actuator, and a trim actuator. The system is configured such that actuation of the main actuator causes rotation of the thrusters together about an axis, whereas actuation of the trim actuator causes relative rotation of the first and second thrusters about the axis.
Claims13
A differential thrust vectoring system, comprising:
- a first spindle configured to be coupled for common rotation about a tilt axis with a first thruster;
- a second spindle configured to be coupled for common rotation about the tilt axis with a second thruster;
- a main actuator configured to be coupled between the first spindle and an airframe;
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- a trim actuator coupled between the first spindle and the second spindle;
- wherein the differential thrust vectoring system is configured such that actuation of the main actuator would cause common rotation about the tilt axis of the first spindle and the second spindle and actuation of the trim actuator would cause rotation about the tilt axis of the second spindle relative to the first spindle.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- an airframe;
- a first thruster having a first thrust vector;
- a second thruster having a second thrust vector;
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- a differential thrust vectoring system, comprising:
- a first spindle coupled for common rotation about a tilt axis with the first thruster;
- a second spindle coupled for common rotation about the tilt axis with the second thruster;
- a main actuator coupled between the first spindle and the airframe;
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- a trim actuator coupled between the first spindle and the second spindle;
- wherein the differential thrust vectoring system is configured such that actuation of the main actuator causes rotation about the tilt axis of the first spindle and the second spindle;
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- wherein the differential thrust vectoring system is configured such that actuation of the trim actuator causes rotation about the tilt axis of the second spindle relative to the first spindle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.