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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2018
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mark Moore, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Conway Badalamenti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian Villa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Warmoth, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Josephson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to aircraft vehicles, specifically vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that include propellers. A propeller is coupled to a boom and the boom includes a boom control effector. The boom control effector is configured to direct the airflow behind or below the propeller. The boom control effector can be configured to control the yaw movement of the aircraft and mitigate noise from the propeller. A boom control effector can be a single effector or a split effector. The split effector may operate in conjunction with a boom that operates as a resonator to reduce noise produced by the propeller.