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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Todd Keennon, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Karl Robert Klingebiel, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Alexander Andryukov, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Bart Dean Hibbs, Simi Valley, CA (US);
John Peter Zwaan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Monrovia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 33/02 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 33/025 (2013.01); B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 33/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/025 (2013.01); B64C 2201/10 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.