Abstract: A multirotor aircraft with an airframe that extends in a longitudinal direction, and with at least one thrust producing unit for producing thrust in a predetermined thrust direction, wherein the at least one thrust producing unit comprises a shrouding that is associated with at least one rotor assembly comprising at least one electrical engine, wherein the shrouding defines a cylindrical air duct that is axially delimited by an air inlet region and an air outlet region, and wherein a carrier beam is at least mounted at a leading edge region of the cylindrical air duct to the shrouding such that the carrier beam is arranged inside of the cylindrical air duct and oriented at least essentially in parallel to the longitudinal direction, the at least one electrical engine being mounted to the carrier beam.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Inventors:
Christian Reichensperger, Uwe Kiesewetter, Petr Schejbal, Lukasz Paluszek, Klaus Kicker, Martin Blacha
Inventors:
James Everett Kooiman, Michael Edwin Rinehart, Lynn Francis Eschete, Jason Paul Winter, Derek Ray Eddins, Steven Allen Robedeau, Jr., Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Andrew Thomas Carter, Aaron Alexander Acee, Andrew Paul Haldeman
Inventors:
Ricky Dean Welsh, Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Gur Kimchi, Shmuel Eisenmann, Isaac Aaron Margulies, Chris Maynor, Jon T. Braam
Inventors:
Luc Van Bavel, David Wyatt, Paul Collado, Sean James Fairchild, Jeffrey A. Gamon, Ian Gilchrist, James Donn Hethcock, Jr., Dieter Koehler, David W. Levy, Michael Mataresse