Aircraft

- Northrop Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a front and top perspective view of an aircraft showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a side elevational view thereof with wings, horizontal stabilizers, vertical stabilizers, rudder, and elevons folded into the fuselage envelope for storage;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 7.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4336914 June 29, 1982 Thomson
4826105 May 2, 1989 Smiley
Other references
  • Flight Int'l, Oct. 1988, p. 11, AUSA Report, LTV's Hypervelocity Missile. Design News, Apr. 1986, p. 20, "HOTOL Transatmospheric Aircraft".
Patent History
Patent number: D317003
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 25, 1989
Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
Assignee: Northrop Corporation (Hawthorne, CA)
Inventors: Alex E. Tribe (Thousand Oaks, CA), Marion R. Bottorff (Ventura, CA), Ronald G. Cottrell (Thousand Oaks, CA), Richard L. Ranes (Simi Valley, CA), William B. Whistler (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Primary Examiner: Kay H. Chin
Attorneys: Terry J. Anderson, Robert B. Block
Application Number: 7/428,071