Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultra-quiet aircraft
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Application No.: US18181067Application Date: 2023-03-09
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Publication No.: US12134487B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Mark Douglass Moore , Ian Andreas Villa , Sayer Fisher , Devon Jedamski , Xiaofan Fei , Andrew Stephen Hahn
- Applicant: Whisper Aero Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Crossville
- Assignee: Whisper Aero Inc.
- Current Assignee: Whisper Aero Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Crossville
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: B64U10/25
- IPC: B64U10/25 ; B64C5/02 ; B64D29/00 ; B64U20/20 ; B64U50/14 ; B64U101/30

Abstract:
A drone is disclosed having a low acoustic signature. The drone includes a fuselage, a main inboard wing attached to the fuselage, a pylon located towards an aft end of the fuselage and having an end that is higher than the main inboard wing, and a propulsor connected to the pylon and situated above the fuselage. The drone includes a plurality of booms connected to the main inboard wing and a plurality of horizontal tails attached to the plurality of booms. The horizontal tails have an outboard tail arrangement and are tiltable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240002076A1 ULTRA-QUIET DRONE Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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