Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quad-wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16356276Application Date: 2019-03-18
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Publication No.: US11267570B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Ian Andreas Villa , Mark Moore , Robert Alan McDonald , Henry Thome Won , Adam Chase , Alex Michael Gary , Cory Seubert
- Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00 ; B64C23/00 ; B64C5/08 ; B64C9/00 ; B64D11/06 ; B64D27/24 ; B64F1/36 ; B64C3/16 ; B64C25/06

Abstract:
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, configured to transport passengers and/or cargo, uses propellers during vertical flight and wings during forward flight to generate lift. The VTOL aircraft includes a front wing and a rear wing connected by inboard booms. The rear wing may include a wingtip boom attached to each free end of the wing. A propeller may be attached to each inboard boom and each wingtip boom. The propellers attached to the inboard booms may be stacked propellers including at least two co-rotating propellers. The aircraft can also include a cruise propeller attached to the tail region of the fuselage, where the cruise propeller is configured to rotate in a plane approximately perpendicular to the fuselage to generate thrust during forward flight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190337613A1 QUAD-WING VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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