Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertically oriented tube-launchable rotary wing aircraft having respective rotors at opposite ends of main body
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Application No.: US15941133Application Date: 2018-03-30
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Publication No.: US10793265B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Steven K. Tayman
- Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: US Naval Research Laboratory
- Agent Richard Bis
- Main IPC: B64C27/50
- IPC: B64C27/50 ; B64C27/10 ; B64C39/02
Abstract:
An expendable rotary wing unmanned aircraft capable of storage in a cylindrical housing includes a longitudinally extending body having an upper end and a lower end; and a pair of counter-rotating coaxial rotors each located at respective ends of longitudinally-extending body, wherein each rotor includes two or more blades, each blade rotatably coupled to a remainder of the rotor at a hinged joint and thereby extending along a length of the body in a storage configuration and extending radially outward from the body in a flight configuration.
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