Foldable tiltrotor aircraft
The broken lines in the drawings represent unclaimed environmental subject matter and form no part of the claim.
Claims
The ornamental design for a foldable tiltrotor aircraft, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 14, 2016
Date of Patent: Jan 23, 2018
Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Inventors: Steven Ivans (Ponder, TX), Brent Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Nathan Wu (Irving, TX), Berlin Benfield (Grapevine, TX), Kendall Goodman (Southlake, TX)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Marissa J Cash
Application Number: 29/577,578