Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid multirotor vehicles and related methods
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Application No.: US16382838Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US11891166B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Eric Benjamin Gilbert
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US VA Arlington
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: B64C27/28
- IPC: B64C27/28 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C27/52 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D31/00 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
Hybrid multirotor vehicles and related methods are disclosed herein. An example aircraft includes a battery, a rotor coupled to a wing, a motor operatively coupled to the rotor, and a processor operatively coupled to the motor. The processor to is cause the motor to operate in a first motor operational state. The rotor is to operate in a first rotor operational state when the motor is operating in the first motor operational state. The processor is to cause the motor to switch from operating in the first motor operational state to a second motor operational state. The rotor is to operate in a second rotor operational state when the motor is in the second motor operational state. The motor is to provide electrical energy to the battery in the second motor operational state and the rotor is to autorotate in the second rotor operational state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200324886A1 HYBRID MULTIROTOR VEHICLES AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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