Invention Grant
- Patent Title: VTOL M-wing configuration
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Application No.: US17454927Application Date: 2021-11-15
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Publication No.: US11597511B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Mark Moore , John Conway Badalamenti , Ian Villa , Adam Warmoth , David Josephson
- 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 ; B64C9/02 ; G05D1/08 ; B64C11/48 ; B64C3/10 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D35/06

Abstract:
A vertical landing and take-off aircraft VTOL transitions from a vertical takeoff state to a cruise state where the vertical takeoff state uses propellers to generate lift and the cruise state uses wings to generate lift. The aircraft has an M-wing configuration with propellers located on the wingtip nacelles, wing booms, and tail boom. The wing boom and/or the tail boom can include boom control effectors. Hinged control surfaces on the wings, tail boom, and tail tilt during takeoff and landing to yaw the vehicle. The boom control effectors, cruise propellers, stacked propellers, and control surfaces can have different positions during different modes of operation in order to control aircraft movement and mitigate noise generated by the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220144420A1 VTOL M-WING CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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