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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.

Patent No.:

US 12404053 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2018

Modular aircraft

Applicant:

Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology Gmbh, Goslar, DE;

Inventors:

Jens Werner, Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, DE;

Phil Pezus, Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, DE;

Matthias Bieler, Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, DE;

Florian Franke, Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, DE;

Assignee:

INNOTEC LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING & POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Goslar, DE;

Attorney:

Abel Schillinger, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Joshua J Michener

Assistant Examiner:

Colin N Zohoori

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 20/40 (2023.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/50 (2019.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 21/02 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64F 1/30 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 30/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/61 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/30 (2013.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/50 (2019.02); B64C 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 21/02 (2013.01); B64C 29/0016 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64F 1/00 (2013.01); B64F 1/22 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 20/40 (2023.01); B64U 30/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/61 (2023.01);
Abstract

A modular vertical take-off and landing aircraft for transporting persons and/or loads, comprising a flight module with multiple drive units arranged on a supporting framework structure, each drive unit having an electric motor and a propeller operatively connected to the electric motor, a transport module having a conveying pod and a connection device for connecting the conveying pod to the flight module. The connection device has an elongated shaft, one end of which is attached to the conveying pod, and a coupling device for connecting the flight module to another end of the elongate shaft of the transport module.

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