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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:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Fred J. Brandon, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Michael S. L. Hollis, Abingdon, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A payload carrying device which is inserted into a remote area of interest by means of a projectile carrier to obtain data, or the like, from the remote area. The device has counter rotating main blades as well as tail blades carried on a tail rotor. The particular payload is carried in a canister which may also include a power source, a command and control unit and a motor, if hover or lateral flight is desired. The pitch of the tail blades is variable as well as their orientation around an axis, the combination of which generates a thrust vector in a particular direction for controlled lateral flight.