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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Henry Thome Won, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Quentin Lindsey, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/26 (2006.01); B64D 27/06 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/26 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/06 (2013.01); B64C 2201/088 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for an aircraft having a fuselage; a wing extending from both sides of the fuselage; a first pair of motors disposed at a first end of the wing; and a second pair of motors disposed at a second end of the wing; where each motor is angled to provide a component of thrust by a propeller attached thereto that for a desired aircraft movement applies a resulting torque additive to the resulting torque created by rotating the propellers.