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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Advanced Product Development, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventor:
William Randall McDonnell, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B63H 9/069 (2020.01); B64C 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/029 (2020.01); B63H 9/069 (2020.02); B64C 3/10 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/02 (2013.01); B64F 1/029 (2020.01); B64F 1/0295 (2020.01); B64F 1/0297 (2020.01); B64F 1/0299 (2020.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64C 2201/028 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01); B64C 2201/205 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01); Y02T 50/10 (2013.01); Y02T 50/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
An asymmetric aircraft () and an aircraft () that can operate from small ships () and be stored in high density with three aircraft or more in one helicopter hangar () without needing a landing gear or wing fold. These aircraft slide into and out of the hangar on dollies () like circuit boards in a computer and are launched and recovered using a large towed parafoil ().