The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Damon Vander Lind, Oakland, CA (US);
Gregory Mainland Horn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/30 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 27/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bimodal propeller aircraft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the aircraft is flown using a cruise propeller and a hover propeller. The hover propeller has one or more folding blades optimized to provide lift to the aircraft in a first flight mode. The cruise propeller is optimized to provide thrust in a second flight mode. In the second flight mode, the one or more folding blades of the hover propeller may remain in a stowed position.