Patent ID: 11939053
Assignee: WISK AERO LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A tilting propeller assembly coupled to a boom of an aircraft wing and configured to transition between a vertical lift position and a forward flight position, the tilting propeller assembly comprising:
a propeller; and
a movable fairing provided downstream of the propeller, wherein
the movable fairing is configured to extend along an axis of rotation of the propeller in the vertical lift position or the forward flight position, and
the movable fairing includes a passive swiveling mechanism configured to swivel the movable fairing relative to the axis of rotation of the propeller to align with a resultant airflow over the tilting propeller assembly when the tilting propeller assembly transitions between the vertical lift position and the forward flight position.