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US 2023/0257104 A1Published application
Aircraft having a ducted fan in the airfoil
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGuan Chew, Michael Fürstner, Stefan Bender, Mikel Fauri, Malte Rotermund
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Abstract
An aircraft includes a wing having an integrated ducted fan. The ducted fan is enclosed at least in sections by a feed lip. The feed lip has a flat curvature on the bow side and a comparatively strong curvature on the rear side.
Claims16
1-10. (canceled)
An aircraft comprising:
- a wing;
- an integrated ducted fan disposed on the wing;
- and
- a feed lip disposed on the wing that at least partially encloses the ducted fan,
- wherein, as viewed in a direction of air flow over the wing, a leading surface of the feed lip has a smaller curvature than that of a trailing surface of the feed lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.