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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Joeben Bevirt, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeffrey K. Gibboney, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David D. Craig, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Matthew Peddie, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Joeben Bevirt, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeffrey K. Gibboney, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David D. Craig, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Matthew Peddie, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Joby Aviation, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using the same set of engines for takeoff and landing as well as for forward flight. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to takeoff with the wings in a vertical as opposed to horizontal flight attitude which takes off in this vertical attitude and then transitions to a horizontal flight path. An aerial vehicle which controls the attitude of the vehicle during takeoff and landing by alternating the thrust of engines, which are separated in at least two dimensions relative to the horizontal during takeoff, and which may also control regular flight in some aspects by the use of differential thrust of the engines.