Aerodynamically efficient lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft with deployable rotors
US11613370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to vertical takeoff with the rotors in a rotated, take-off attitude then transitions to a horizontal flight path, with the rotors rotated to a typical horizontal configuration. The aerial vehicle may have deployment mechanisms which deploy electric motor driven propellers from a forward facing to a vertical orientation. The wing mounted rotor assemblies may have split nacelles, wherein a forward portion of the nacelle deploys along with the electric motor and the propeller.
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