Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High speed multi-rotor vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US14554892Application Date: 2014-11-26
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Publication No.: US09994313B2Publication Date: 2018-06-12
- Inventor: Jerry Daniel Claridge , Charles Fischer Manning
- Applicant: XCraft Enterprises, LLC
- Applicant Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Assignee: XCraft Enterprises, LLC
- Current Assignee: XCraft Enterprises, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/02
- IPC: B64C29/02 ; B64C39/02

Abstract:
This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160144957A1 HIGH SPEED MULTI-ROTOR VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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