Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerodynamic integration of a payload container with a vertical take-off and landing aircraft
- Patent Title (中): 有效载荷与垂直起降飞机的空气动力学整合
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Application No.: US12373537Application Date: 2007-07-19
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Publication No.: US08876057B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Mark R. Alber , Brandon L. Stille , Alfred Russell Smiley
- Applicant: Mark R. Alber , Brandon L. Stille , Alfred Russell Smiley
- Applicant Address: US CT Stratford
- Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stratford
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2007/073846 WO 20070719
- International Announcement: WO2008/085547 WO 20080717
- Main IPC: B64C1/22
- IPC: B64C1/22
Abstract:
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) rotary-wing air-craft is sized and configured to match a payload container such as a standardized Joint Modular Intermodal Container (JMIC). The aircraft may be an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) that is capable of autonomously engaging and disengaging the container so that the aircraft can pick up and drop off the JMIC with minimum human intervention.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100012769A1 AERODYNAMIC INTEGRATION OF A PAYLOAD CONTAINER WITH A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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