Back to results
US 2009/0014592 A1Published application
Co-flow jet aircraft
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorGecheng ZHA
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention provides an aircraft having one or more fixed wings in a flying wing configuration, where the aircraft further includes a high performance co-flow jet (CFJ) circulating about at least a portion of an aircraft surface to produce both lift and thrust.
Claims24
An aircraft, comprising:
- an aircraft body defining a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wing having a first wingtip and a second wing having a second wingtip;
- an injection opening proximate the leading edge;
- a recovery opening located between the injection opening and the trailing edge;
- and
- one or more engine portions positioned between the recovery opening and the trailing edge.
2 more elements
An aircraft, comprising:
- an aircraft body defining a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wing having a first wingtip, a second wing having a second wingtip, and an arcuate tail portion;
- an injection opening proximate the leading edge;
- a recovery opening located between the injection opening and the trailing edge;
- and
- one or more engines at least partially integrated into the upper surface of the arcuate tail portion, wherein the recovery opening is in fluid communication with a fluid intake of the one or more engines.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.