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Patent No.:

US 12448124 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2023

Aerial vehicles, cooperative flying systems, and methods of operating the same

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);

Joseph L. Hafenrichter, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:

Walters & Wasylyna LLC

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas Mcfall

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 3/38 (2006.01); B64C 9/26 (2006.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 27/54 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/24 (2023.01); B64U 30/26 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 3/38 (2013.01); B64C 3/385 (2013.01); B64C 9/26 (2013.01); B64C 27/22 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64C 27/54 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/24 (2023.01); B64U 30/26 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01);
Abstract

An aerial vehicle includes a wing body, a first wingtip, a second wingtip, a first edge, and a second edge. The aerial vehicle includes a pair of coaxial rotors configured to rotate in opposite rotational directions about a vehicle axis and a drive assembly configured to rotate the coaxial rotors. A controller is configured to selectively control thrust produced by the coaxial rotors. Selective control of the thrust produced by the coaxial rotors induces a pitch motion of the aerial vehicle to transition between a horizontal flight state and a vertical flight state. In the horizontal flight state, a collective thrust from the coaxial rotors is directed forward. In the vertical flight state, the collective thrust from the coaxial rotors is directed upward.

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