Electric aircraft
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsGonzalo Eduardo Mendoza, Corey Wailes Hagemeister, Steven Michael Klausmeyer
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Abstract
An electric aircraft includes a forward wing and an aft wing both located on a top side of a fuselage and both having an upward dihedral angle. The forward wing has a straight or slightly forward-swept leading edge. The aft wing has a swept leading edge. A plurality of propeller engines are located on a leading-edge side of the forward wing. A single propeller engine may be located on a top side of an aft end of the fuselage; alternatively, a plurality of propeller engines are located on the aft wing on either its leading or trailing edge. The propeller engines are each powered by an electric motor. An unobstructed cargo door is located on a side of the fuselage, aft of the forward wing.
Claims21
An electric aircraft, comprising:
- a forward wing on a top side of a fuselage, wherein the forward wing comprises an upward dihedral angle;
- an aft wing on the top side of the fuselage, wherein the aft wing comprises an upward dihedral angle and a swept wing in which both a leading edge and a trailing edge of the aft wing are swept aftwards;
- a first propeller engine on the forward wing and a second propeller engine, opposite the first propeller engine, on the forward wing;
- a third propeller engine on top side of an aft end of the fuselage, wherein the first propeller engine, the second propeller engine, and the third propeller engine each comprise an electric motor, and the first propeller engine, the second propeller engine, and the third propeller engine are each configured as fixed orientation rotors that remain in a forward-facing position;
- an unobstructed cargo door located on a side of the fuselage aft of the forward wing wherein the unobstructed cargo door is configured for transferring cargo into and out of a cargo area of the fuselage;
- a cockpit door located forward of the forward wing;
- at least one row of seats located behind a cockpit and in front of the cargo area;
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- a main landing gear, wherein the main landing gear is located aft of the unobstructed cargo door.
An electric aircraft, comprising:
- a forward wing on a top side of a fuselage, wherein the forward wing comprises a fixed wing having an upward dihedral angle;
- an aft wing on the top side of the fuselage, wherein the aft wing comprises a fixed wing having an upward dihedral angle, a swept leading edge, and a swept trailing edge;
- a plurality of forward propeller engines on the forward wing, wherein the forward propeller engines each comprise an electric motor;
- a plurality of aft propeller engines on the aft wing, wherein the aft propeller engines each comprise an electric motor;
- wherein the forward propeller engines and the aft propeller engines are each configured as fixed orientation rotors;
- a cockpit door located forward of the forward wing;
- an unobstructed cargo door located on a side of the fuselage aft of the forward wing, wherein the unobstructed cargo door is configured for loading and unloading cargo therethrough;
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- a main landing gear, wherein the main landing gear is located aft of the unobstructed cargo door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.