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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martyn Cowley, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Matthew Todd Keennon, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/002 (2013.01); B64C 11/04 (2013.01); B64C 11/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/086 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air vehicle configured to augment effective drag to change the rate of descent of the air vehicle in flight via propeller shaft rotation direction reversal, i.e., thrust reversal.