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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryan S Cotton, Monroe, CT (US);
Christopher A Thornberg, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64C / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 1713 ; 244 1723 ; 244175 ; 244190 ; 244 / ; 244 122 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for controlling an unmanned generally aerodynamically symmetric aircraft includes detecting the presence of misalignment between the horizontal component of the center of gravity vector and the horizontal component of the direction of flight vector and further includes rotating the aircraft to align the horizontal components of the vectors.