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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:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Donald B. Hutson, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Donald B. Hutson, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/36 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In specific embodiments, a vehicle propellable through fluids or along surfaces, comprises a main work section and a plurality of propulsion units for propelling the main work section. The main work section supports one or more payloads. The propulsion units each include a rotor system and a ring-shaped wheel at least partially arranged about the rotor system and rotatable about the rotor system. The ring-shaped wheel is arranged at a banked angle relative to the rotor system.