Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Un-manned aerial vehicle having adjustable wing module, tail, and landing gear
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Application No.: US14172035Application Date: 2014-02-04
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Publication No.: US09957035B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: John Valasek , James Franklin May , Andrew Beckett , Cecil C. Rhodes, Jr.
- Applicant: Texas A&M University System
- Applicant Address: US TX College Station
- Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
- Current Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX College Station
- Agency: Winstead PC
- Main IPC: B64C1/26
- IPC: B64C1/26 ; B64C1/22 ; B64C39/02 ; B64C39/04

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage module for receiving a payload. The fuselage module includes a plurality of internal connections. The aircraft includes a wing module adjustably coupled to the fuselage module and a tail module coupled to the wing module. The wing module may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust a location of an aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft. A main landing gear may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160009363A1 UN-MANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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