Apparatus and methods provide for a blended wing passenger or cargo aircraft. Aspects of the disclosure provide an aircraft having wings with spars having a thickness at the wing root corresponding to a height of the payload space within the fuselage to which the wings are attached. The wing spars within the wings on each side of the aircraft may each be spliced into an aircraft frame that is part of the fuselage. The wing thickness provides mounting locations for aircraft engines and other components within the wing and passing through the wing spars. With this mid-wing configuration, the fuselage provides support for the various loads experienced by the wings without the use of a conventional structural wing box.

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›1.independentA mid-wing aircraft, comprising:nan aircraft fuselage encompassing a payload space; anda wing spar attached to a side of the aircraft fuselage and hav…+12

›2.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, further comprising a second wing spar attached to a second side of the aircraft fuselage opposite the wing spar, the…d2

›3.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, wherein the upper spar chord penetrates the upper portion of the aircraft fuselage and is spliced to an aircraft bod…d2+1

›5.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, wherein the wing spar web is connected to a skin of the aircraft fuselage.d2+3

›9.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, wherein a distance between the upper spar chord and the lower spar chord decreases non-uniformly from the aircraft f…d2+1

›11.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, wherein the at least one aircraft component aperture comprises at least one aircraft engine mounting aperture config…d2+1

›13.↳ 1The mid-wing aircraft of claim 1, wherein the upper spar chord and lower spar chord each terminate at an aircraft body frame such that opposing sides …d2

›14.independentA method for providing a mid-wing aircraft, the method comprising:nproviding an aircraft body frame encompassing a payload space;providing a wing spar…+3

›18.independentA mid-wing aircraft, comprising:nan aircraft fuselage encompassing a payload space; anda wing comprising a first wing half and a second wing half conn…+2

Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section B — Performing operations; transporting

B64C1/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

244/119

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