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Patent No.:

US 12103674 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023

Short takeoff and landing vehicle with forward swept wings

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:

Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ian Jen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B64C 13/48 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/12 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/40 (2024.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (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 27/40 (2024.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8209 (2013.01); B64D 27/026 (2024.01); B64D 27/402 (2024.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a tilt rotor that is aft of a fixed wing and that is attached to the fixed wing via a pylon. A flight computer configured to instruct the tilt rotor to produce a maximum downward angle including by updating an actuator authority database associated with the flight computer to reflect the maximum downward angle, and generating a rotor control signal for the tilt rotor using the updated actuator authority database that reflects the maximum downward angle, wherein the maximum downward angle is adjustable.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sinha, Pranay. (2024). Short takeoff and landing vehicle with forward swept wings (U.S. Patent No. 12103674). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12103674

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