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US 12,698,086 B2Granted
Aircraft with overwing engine position
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDonald Thomas Powell, Sean Howe, Kyle David Stevens, Druh Saul Palma
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Abstract
An aircraft that includes a fuselage, right and left wings coupled to the fuselage, struts that are connected to and that extend outward from an underside of the wings, and engines mounted to the struts. The struts are configured to locate the engines in an overwing position.
Claims20
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- right and left wings coupled to the fuselage and with each of the wings comprising a top side;
- struts that are connected to and that extend outward from an underside of the wings with the struts located forward of the wings such that the struts do not extend vertically over the top sides of the wings;
- engines mounted to the struts;
- and
- wherein the struts locate the engines in an overwing position.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a right wing and a left wing each coupled to the fuselage, each of the right wing and the left wing comprising a top side and an underside;
- a first strut mounted to the right wing away from the top side in a non-overlapping vertical orientation with the right wing;
- a second strut mounted to the left wing away from the top side in a non-overlapping vertical orientation with the right wing;
- a first engine mounted to the first strut and positioned vertically above the right wing;
- and
- a second engine mounted to the second strut and positioned vertically above the left wing.
4 more elements
A method of mounting an engine to a wing of a low wing aircraft, the method comprising:
- connecting a first end of a strut to an underside of the wing with the strut positioned away from a top side of the wing;
- and
- mounting the engine to a second end of the strut with a centerline of the engine positioned vertically above the wing and with the entire engine positioned forward of a leading edge of the wing.
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