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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Siegfried Zerweckh, Berkeley, CA (US);
Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A rotor unit is disclosed. The rotor unit includes a hub and a stacked rotor blade. The hub is configured to rotate about an axis in a first rotation direction. The stacked rotor blade is rotatable about the axis and further includes a first blade element and a second blade element. The first blade element has a first leading edge and the second blade element has a second leading edge. The blade elements are arranged in a stacked configuration. A leading edge of the stacked rotor blade is formed by at least a portion of the first leading edge of the first blade element as well as at least as portion of the second leading edge of the second blade element. In some embodiments, the rotor unit is coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle.