Aircraft for commercial air travel and a method of manufacture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024246662-A1
Application number	US-202418582965-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 21, 2024
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Jul 25, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects related to aircraft for commercial air travel and methods of manufacture. An aircraft includes a blended wing body, a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck additionally includes a passenger compartment located in a lateral middle portion of the blended wing body and at least a cargo store located laterally outside the passenger compartment, and a landing gear, wherein the landing gear includes at least a nose gear located substantially forward of the single deck and at least a main gear located substantially aft of the single deck, wherein one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing that overlaps with a plane coincident with at least a portion of the single deck.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An aircraft, the aircraft comprising:
a blended wing body; a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck comprises a passenger compartment; at least a cargo store, wherein the at least a cargo store is located laterally outside the passenger compartment; and a landing gear, wherein the landing gear comprises:
at least a nose gear; and
at least a main gear, wherein:
one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing; and
the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear comprises an extended position and a retracted position.

2 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the single deck comprises a plurality of bays, wherein each of the plurality of bays comprises a floor that is not in plane with another bay.

3 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the passenger compartment is located substantially between the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear.

4 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a cargo store is pressurized.

5 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a main gear is located substantially aft of the single deck.

6 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a cargo store comprises a port cargo store and a starboard cargo store.

7 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sandwich structure formed with a floor structure and a OML structure, wherein:
a plurality of transverse elements is configured to link the floor structure and the OML structure; and
a plurality of longitudinal elements is configured to transmit shear longitudinally.

8 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a main gear comprises at least two landing gear assemblies.

9 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:
a high wing geometry, wherein an egress path is near ground level when the landing gear is in a raised position.

10 . The aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the cargo store is located partially over the single deck in the high wing geometry.

11 . A method of manufacture for an aircraft for commercial air travel, the method comprising:
receiving a blended wing body; locating a single deck within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck comprises a passenger compartment; locating at least a cargo store laterally outside the passenger compartment; locating at least a nose gear; and locating at least a main gear, wherein:
one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing; and
the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear comprises an extended position and a retracted position.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the single deck comprises a plurality of bays, wherein each of the plurality of bays comprises a floor that is not in plane with another bay.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
locating the passenger compartment substantially between the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a cargo store is pressurized.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
locating, the at least a main gear substantially aft of the single deck.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a cargo store comprises a port cargo store and a starboard cargo store.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
forming a sandwich structure, wherein the sandwich structure comprises a floor structure and a OML structure; linking, using a plurality of transverse elements, the floor structure and the OML structure; and transmitting, using a plurality of longitudinal elements, shear longitudinally.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a main gear comprises at least two landing gear assemblies.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the aircraft further comprises a high wing geometry, wherein an egress path is near ground level when the landing gear is in the retracted position.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
locating the cargo store partially over the single deck in the high wing geometry.

Assignees

• Jetzero Inc

Inventors

• Page Mark A

Classifications

• B64C39/10 Primary

  All-wing aircraft · CPC title

• B64C2039/105

  of blended wing body type · CPC title

• B64D9/00

  Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like · CPC title

• B64C25/14

  fore-and-aft · CPC title

• B64C25/04 Primary

  Arrangement or disposition on aircraft · CPC title