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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:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Applicant:
Geoffrey Salkeld, Preston, GB;
Inventor:
Geoffrey Salkeld, Preston, GB;
Assignee:
BAE Systems Plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 17/02 (2006.01); B64C 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an aircraft with a surveillance system characterized in that the direction of flight towards a target is achievable by shifting the center of gravity of the vehicle towards the target. The center of gravity is shifted towards the target by pointing the surveillance system at the target.