Patent ID: 11858622
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
a takeoff and landing rotor including a blade and configured to generate lift when the aircraft moves in a vertical direction; and
a support member having a bar shape and configured to support the takeoff and landing rotor below the blade, wherein
a cross-sectional shape of the support member is an airfoil shape in which a first end portion including a first end is curved and which tapers toward a second end,
the support member is disposed in a manner that a tapering direction of the airfoil shape is downward, and
the tapering direction of the support member located directly below the blade is, with respect to a parallel line that is parallel to a rotation axis of the takeoff and landing rotor, defined by varying tapering angles inclined from the parallel line, that extend from the parallel line and that include tapering angles that are larger than 0°, during rotation of the blade of the takeoff and landing rotor rotating above the support member,
wherein, along a length of the support member, the tapering direction transitions between the varying tapering angles.