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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Mark Douglass Moore, Crossville, TN (US);

Ian Andreas Villa, Crossville, TN (US);

Sayer Fisher, Baltimore, MD (US);

Devon Jedamski, Crossville, TN (US);

Xiaofan Fei, Crossville, TN (US);

Andrew Stephen Hahn, Yorktown, VA (US);

Assignee:

Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64C 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 29/00 (2006.01); B64U 20/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/14 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64C 5/02 (2013.01); B64D 29/00 (2013.01); B64U 20/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/14 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01);
Abstract

A drone is disclosed having a low acoustic signature. The drone includes a fuselage, a main inboard wing attached to the fuselage, a pylon located towards an aft end of the fuselage and having an end that is higher than the main inboard wing, and a propulsor connected to the pylon and situated above the fuselage. The drone includes a plurality of booms connected to the main inboard wing and a plurality of horizontal tails attached to the plurality of booms. The horizontal tails have an outboard tail arrangement and are tiltable.


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