Blended wing aircraft
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsArthur William Sibbach, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Ryan T. Roehm
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Abstract
A blended wing aircraft is provided, defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the blended wing aircraft including a body; a pair of wings extending outward from the body along the lateral direction; and a propulsion system comprising an engine mounted to the body, the engine defining an axial direction and having a combustion section and a fan, the fan positioned downstream of the combustion section along the axial direction.
Claims16
A blended wing aircraft defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the blended wing aircraft comprising:
- a body;
- a pair of wings extending outward from the body along the lateral direction;
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- a propulsion system comprising an engine mounted to the body, the engine defining an axial direction and having a combustion section and a fan, the fan positioned downstream of the combustion section along the axial direction;
- wherein the body defines a bottom side, and wherein the engine is mounted to the bottom side of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.