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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ian Andreas Villa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Moore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Alan McDonald, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Henry Thome Won, Los Osos, CA (US);
Adam Chase, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Alex Michael Gary, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Cory Seubert, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, configured to transport passengers and/or cargo, uses propellers during vertical flight and wings during forward flight to generate lift. The VTOL aircraft includes a front wing and a rear wing connected by inboard booms. The rear wing may include a wingtip boom attached to each free end of the wing. A propeller may be attached to each inboard boom and each wingtip boom. The propellers attached to the inboard booms may be stacked propellers including at least two co-rotating propellers. The aircraft can also include a cruise propeller attached to the tail region of the fuselage, where the cruise propeller is configured to rotate in a plane approximately perpendicular to the fuselage to generate thrust during forward flight.