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Patent No.:

US 12428148 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2021

Unmanned rotorcraft with dual cargo doors

Applicant:

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Steven R. Ivans, Ponder, TX (US);

Berlin B. Benfield, Grapevine, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:

Akona IP PC

Primary Examiner:

Kimberly S Berona

Assistant Examiner:

Steven J Shur

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/33 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 1/14 (2013.01); B64C 1/1415 (2013.01); B64C 29/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/33 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed in one example an unmanned vertical lift aircraft, comprising: an airframe; a drive system configured for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL); a power plant to power the drive system; and an internal cargo bay comprising a fore aperture and an aft aperture, the fore and aft apertures having dimensions substantially conforming to a cross section of the internal cargo bay, and the internal cargo bay comprising a substantially linear and open volume between the fore and aft apertures.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ivans, Steven. (2025). Unmanned rotorcraft with dual cargo doors (U.S. Patent No. 12428148). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12428148

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