Vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft

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Description

FIG. 1 is a left front top perspective view of a vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 2 is a right front bottom perspective view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft with landing gear up;

FIG. 9 is a left front top perspective view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in an alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 10 is a right front bottom perspective view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 13 is a right side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 14 is a left side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 15 is a top view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear up;

FIG. 17 is left front top perspective view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down;

FIG. 18 is a right front bottom perspective view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down.

FIG. 19 is a front view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down;

FIG. 20 is a rear view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down;

FIG. 21 is a right side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down;

FIG. 22 is a left side view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down;

FIG. 23 is a top view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down; and,

FIG. 24 is a bottom view of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, shown in the alternate configuration of use, with landing gear down.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft that form no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for a vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing passenger aircraft, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1054960
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 6, 2023
Date of Patent: Dec 24, 2024
Assignee: Transcend Air Corporation (Carlisle, MA)
Inventors: Jeffrey Spitzer (San Diego, CA), Eugene Nemirovsky (Woodland Hills, CA), Clifford Gunsallus (Canton, CT), Robert DiRusso (Burlington, CT), Peter H. Schmidt (Lexington, MA), Gregory O. Bruell (Rancho Santa Fe, CA)
Primary Examiner: Christian P. McLean
Assistant Examiner: Jessica Lynn Devilbiss
Application Number: 29/872,087