Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerodynamically efficient lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft with deployable rotors
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Application No.: US17388262Application Date: 2021-07-29
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Publication No.: US11613370B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Joeben Bevirt , Alex Stoll
- Applicant: JOBY AERO, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
- Current Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agent Michael A. Guth
- Main IPC: B64D27/24
- IPC: B64D27/24 ; B64C11/28 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C39/06

Abstract:
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to vertical takeoff with the rotors in a rotated, take-off attitude then transitions to a horizontal flight path, with the rotors rotated to a typical horizontal configuration. The aerial vehicle may have deployment mechanisms which deploy electric motor driven propellers from a forward facing to a vertical orientation. The wing mounted rotor assemblies may have split nacelles, wherein a forward portion of the nacelle deploys along with the electric motor and the propeller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220144440A1 AERODYNAMICALLY EFFICIENT LIGHTWEIGHT VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH DEPLOYABLE ROTORS Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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