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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Snorri Gudmundsson, Daytona Beach, FL (US);
Chunlei Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Antcliff, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sydney Hardy, Burbank, CA (US);
Kanthi Latha Bahmidipati, Detroit, MI (US);
Marc Piette, Orinda, CA (US);
Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel, San Francisco, CA (US);
JOBY AERO, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage that includes a nose portion, a cabin portion, an underwing portion, and an aft portion. The nose portion includes sensors that generate sensor data. The cabin portion is aft of the nose portion and includes a passenger cabin. The underwing portion is aft of the cabin portion and includes a wing attachment region and a battery bay. The aft portion is aft of the underwing portion. A wing assembly including motor mounts and control surfaces is attached to the wing attachment region such that the underwing portion of the fuselage is located under the wing assembly. A tail assembly is attached to the aft portion. The electric motors are attached to motor mounts such that the propellers are in a pusher configuration facing rearward. An autonomous control system controls the electric motors and control surfaces based on the sensor data.