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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pranay Sinha, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Damon Vander Lind, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 13/48 (2006.01); B64C 39/12 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B64C 13/48 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 39/12 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 27/26 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8209 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); B64D 2027/264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tiltrotor has a range of motion between a forward flight position and a hovering position, where a pylon and the tiltrotor are coupled via a telescoping actuator, a rigid bottom bar, and a fixed hinge that is attached between the rigid bottom bar and the tiltrotor. The tiltrotor moves from the forward flight position to the hovering position includes extending the telescoping actuator so that the tilt rotor rotates about the fixed hinge.