Blended wing body aircraft with landing gear aft of a rear spar
AssigneeJetZero, Inc.
InventorMark Allan Page
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Abstract
An aircraft including a blended wing body aircraft (BWB) having a main body and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the aircraft, a rear spar located within the main body, one or more gear wells located on a lower surface of the rear spar, a landing gear system having at least a main gear the at least a main gear situated in one of the one or more gear wells, and one or more propulsors located directly above the one or more gear wells, wherein at least one propulsor is located over the at least one gear well of the one or more gear wells.
Claims18
An aircraft comprising:
- a blended wing body (BWB) having a main body and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the aircraft;
- a pressurized passenger cabin located within the main body;
- a rear spar located within the main body and configured to form a portion of the pressurized passenger cabin;
- an unpressurized convergent aft centerbody located aft of the rear spar;
- one or more ribs located within the convergent aft centerbody, wherein the one or more ribs are connected to the rear spar;
- one or more gear wells located aft of the rear spar and on a lower surface of the aircraft;
- a landing gear system comprising at least one main gear, the at least one main gear situated in one of the one or more gear wells, wherein the at least one main gear is connected to the one or more ribs within the convergent aft centerbody;
- one or more propulsors located directly above the one or more gear wells, wherein at least one propulsor of the one or more propulsors is located over at least one gear well of the one or more gear wells;
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- at least one engine support structure each configured to mount one of the one or more propulsors on the BWB.
An aircraft comprising:
- a blended wing body (BWB) having a main body and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the aircraft;
- a rear spar located within the main body;
- one or more gear wells located aft of the rear spar, wherein at least one gear well of the one or more gear wells extend from an opening at a lower surface of the aircraft and through an opening at an upper surface of the aircraft;
- a landing gear system comprising at least one main gear, the at least one main gear situated in at least one of the one or more gear wells;
- at least one propulsor situated aft of the rear spar and on the upper surface of aircraft, wherein the at least a propulsor is located over the at least one gear well of the one or more gear wells;
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- at least one engine support structure each configured to mount the at least one propulsor on the BWB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.