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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2019
Donghyun Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Heng Yang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Donghyun Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Heng Yang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An aircraft convertible between fixed-wing and hovering orientations includes a fuselage. The aircraft includes a main wing pair comprising two opposing wings attached to the fuselage, where each wing of the two opposing wings includes a fixed wing section attached to the fuselage and a movable wing section rotatably mounted to the fixed wing section. The aircraft includes at least a first propulsor mounted to the movable wing section of each of the two opposing wings. The aircraft includes at least a first rotation mechanism attached to the fixed wing section and movable wing section of each of the two opposing wings, the at least a first rotation mechanism configured to rotate the movable wing section between a first movable wing section position parallel to the fixed wing section and a second movable wing section position perpendicular to the fixed wing section.