US 12365457 B2 / Jul 22, 2025

Fuel venting for vertical take-off dual-engine aircraft

The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes a valve configured to control the permitting or restricting of a release of gas from different regions of a fuel tank when the aircraft is in a vertical take-off and landing orientation and when the aircraft is in a horizontal flight orientation.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
Anduril Industries, Inc.
Publication number
US 12365457 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Jul 22, 2025
Filing date
Sep 8, 2023
CPC classes
B64D37/06, B64D37/04, B64D37/32, B64C29/02
Inventors
Goldberg; Matthew J., Toland; Gregory Joseph, Heffelfinger; Kevin, Iverson; Lane

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