Patent ID: 11858629
Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage; and
one or more wings coupled to the fuselage and configured to provide lift during forward flight, the one or more wings comprising;
a tilt rotor configured to rotate between generally vertical and generally horizontal axes of orientation, the tilt rotor comprising one or more blades configured to provide thrust along the tilt rotor's axis of orientation;
a wing body configured to provide lift to an aircraft during flight;
a fowler flap apparatus comprising a fowler flap, a first attachment and a first deployer, the first attachment configured to couple the fowler flap to the wing body, and the first deployer configured to deploy the fowler flap in an aft direction from a stowed flap position to a deployed flap position in which the fowler flap is aft of the wing body; and
a sliding panel apparatus comprising a sliding panel, a second attachment, and a second deployer, the second attachment configured to couple the sliding panel to the wing body, and the second deployer configured to deploy the sliding panel in a forward direction from a stowed panel position to a deployed panel position in which the sliding panel is prone on top of the wing body.