Foldable tiltrotor aircraft

Info

Patent number: D824320
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 7, 2017
Date of Patent: Jul 31, 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: Brandon M Rosati
Assistant Examiner: Marissa J Cash
Application Number: 29/628,801

Description

Description

FIG. 1 is a top, right front perspective view of a foldable tiltrotor aircraft with the rotor nacelles facing forward;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top, right front perspective view of the foldable tiltrotor aircraft with the rotor nacelles facing upward;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a top, right front perspective view of the foldable tiltrotor aircraft in a folded position;

FIG. 14 is a front elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of FIG. 13; and,

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 13.

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.