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

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft configured for vertical takeoff and landing, the aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
a wing coupled to the fuselage;
a plurality of booms coupled to the wing; and
a plurality of tilting propeller assemblies each coupled to a first end of a boom and configured to transition between a vertical lift position and a forward flight position, wherein
each tilting propeller assembly among the plurality of tilting propeller assemblies 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,
the movable fairing includes at least a first prong and a second prong extending on opposite sides of, and parallel to, the boom in the forward flight position, and
the movable fairing is configured to swivel to extend parallel to a direction of resultant airflow over the tilting propeller assembly when the tilting propeller assembly transitions between the vertical lift position and the forward flight position.