Aircraft propulsion assembly
AssigneeSafran Transmission Systems
InventorsClément Raucoules, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Jordane Emile André Peltier
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Abstract
A propulsion assembly for an aircraft comprising at least two electric motors configured to be disposed in a wing of the aircraft and each comprising a rotor having a motor shaft movable about a motor axis, at least one propeller borne by a propeller shaft movable about a propeller axis and mechanically coupled to the motor shaft of the at least two electric motors, the propeller axis being perpendicular to the motor axis of the at least two electric motors.
Claims9
An aircraft comprising a wing extending along a main axis and a propulsion assembly for an aircraft comprising:
- at least two electric motors configured to be disposed in a wing of the aircraft and each comprising a rotor having a motor shaft movable about a motor axis, and
- at least one propeller including a first propeller and a second propeller, the first propeller borne by a first propeller shaft movable about a propeller axis and mechanically coupled to the motor shaft of the at least two electric motors, the propeller axis being perpendicular to the motor axis of the at least two electric motors, wherein the motor shaft of each of the electric motors bears a motor bevel pinion, and the first propeller shaft bears a first propeller bevel pinion meshing with the motor bevel pinion borne by the motor shaft of each of the electric motors, and wherein the motor axis of the at least two electric motors is parallel to the main axis of the wing, the propulsion assembly comprising a second propeller oriented in an opposite direction to the first propeller and borne by a second propeller shaft separate from the first propeller shaft, the second propeller shaft being movable about the propeller axis in an opposite direction of rotation to the first propeller, the second propeller shaft including a second propeller bevel pinion meshing with the each of the motor bevel pinions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.