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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Newman, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/00 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); B64D 31/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/06 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64D 31/00 (2013.01); F02K 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Autonomous propulsion apparatus and methods are disclosed. An example autonomous propulsion unit includes a flight controller capable of executing flight control instructions stored in a memory of the autonomous propulsion unit; and a propulsor to generate propulsion in accordance with the instructions for a payload carrier to which the autonomous propulsion unit is coupled, wherein the flight controller is to provide flight control for the propulsor in an absence of flight control instructions from the payload carrier.