Aircraft with Hybrid Power Supply and Unobstructed Cabin Door Access
AssigneeTextron Aviation Inc.
InventorsGonzalo Eduardo Mendoza, Corey Wailes Hagemeister, Steven Michael Klausmeyer
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Abstract
An aircraft having unobstructed cabin door access includes a hybrid power drive with a combustion engine connected to an electricity generating machine. Components of the hybrid power drive are positioned throughout the aircraft to provide a weight distribution having an aft bias. The aircraft further includes a forward swept wing and a cabin door positioned forward of the forward swept wing, such that access into a fuselage of the aircraft via the cabin door is unobstructed by the forward swept wing.
Claims20
An aircraft having unobstructed cabin door access, the aircraft comprising:
- a hybrid power drive comprising a combustion engine connected to an electricity generating machine;
- a weight distribution of the hybrid power drive comprising an aft bias;
- a forward swept wing;
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- a cabin door positioned forward of the forward swept wing such that access into a fuselage of the aircraft via the cabin door is unobstructed by the forward swept wing.
An aircraft having unobstructed cabin door access, the aircraft comprising:
- a hybrid power drive comprising one or more engines, one or more generators, one or more batteries, and one or more electric motors, wherein components of the hybrid power drive are positioned throughout the aircraft to provide a weight distribution having an aft bias;
- a forward swept wing;
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- a cabin door positioned forward of the forward swept wing such that access into a fuselage of the aircraft via the cabin door is unobstructed by the forward swept wing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.