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Patent No.:

US 12692825 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2024

Geometry optimized low aspect ratio vtol vehicle system with structurally integrated propulsion

Applicant:

Monostage Space Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher William Crews-Holloway, Woodside, CA (US);

Anton Petrovich Kulinich, San Jose, CA (US);

Travis Thomas George, Sacramento, CA (US);

Andreas Vlahinos, Castle Rock, CO (US);

Assignee:

MONOSTAGE SPACE INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Wissing Miller LLP

Primary Examiner:

Richard Green

Assistant Examiner:

Katherine June Walter

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/78 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/78 (2013.01); B64G 1/006 (2023.08); B64G 1/4026 (2023.08); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B64G 1/4005 (2023.08); B64G 1/401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A self-contained vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (VTOL) with aspect ratio of height to width no greater than 5.3:1 and with both rocket and airbreathing propulsion systems that can selectively operate one at a time or both at the same time and fuel tanks that have internal lattice structures formed of groups of interconnected multiplicities of fuel cells such as gyroids that line and are integrated with a vehicle skin to form a structural skeleton strengthened with said lattice structures that also serve to reduce fuel slosh compared with fuel tanks lacking such lattice structures and provide other benefits such as fuel temperature profile control.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Crews-Holloway, Christopher. (2026). Geometry optimized low aspect ratio vtol vehicle system with structurally integrated propulsion (U.S. Patent No. 12692825). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12692825

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