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公开(公告)号：US20190016450A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-17
申请号：US16107518
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Todd Reichert , Cameron Robertson , Mark Johnson Cutler
IPC: B64C27/08
CPC classification number: B64C27/08 , B64C25/54 , B64C27/001 , B64C27/20
Abstract: A vertical takeoff and flying at a constant altitude are performed using an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage, a left arm (attached to the fuselage), a right arm (attached to the fuselage), a left float (attached to the left arm), a right float (attached to the right arm), and a plurality of rotors. The plurality of rotors includes a left inner rotor and a right inner rotor (attached at a fixed angle to a top surface of the left float and the right float, respectively) and a left outer rotor and a right outer rotor (attached at a fixed angle to a top surface of the distal end of the left arm and the right arm, respectively).
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42.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10144504B1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-04
申请号：US15693804
申请日：2017-09-01
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Alexander David Selwa , Todd Reichert , Mark Johnson Cutler
Abstract: Hand controls for an aircraft, including a single axis hand control which is configured to control movement of an aircraft along a vertical axis where the aircraft includes a plurality of rotors that are attached to the aircraft at a fixed position and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The hand controls further include a three axis hand control which is configured to control movement of the aircraft within a plane defined by a roll axis and a pitch axis, as well as about a yaw axis.
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公开(公告)号：US20180239366A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-23
申请号：US15955454
申请日：2018-04-17
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Mark Johnson Cutler , Todd Reichert , James Jackson
CPC classification number: G05D1/0833 , B64C13/503 , B64C27/08 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/024 , B64C2201/141 , G05D1/0077 , G05D1/08 , G05D1/0808 , G05D1/0816 , G05D1/085 , G05D1/101
Abstract: A set of commands for each of a plurality of actuators to alter an aircraft's state responsive to one or more inputs is produced. The set of commands is provided to fewer than all actuators comprising the plurality of actuators.
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公开(公告)号：US09944386B1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-17
申请号：US15649293
申请日：2017-07-13
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Todd Reichert , Cameron Robertson , Mark Johnson Cutler
CPC classification number: B64C27/08 , B64C25/54 , B64C27/001
Abstract: An aircraft includes a plurality of rotors and a fuselage. The plurality of rotors are attached to the aircraft at a fixed roll angle and a fixed pitch angle and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The fuselage includes a side wall with a top edge where the top edge of the side wall is higher than the plurality of rotors.
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公开(公告)号：US09908638B1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-06
申请号：US15167424
申请日：2016-05-27
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Zachais Vawter , Todd Reichert
IPC: B64C27/00 , B64D45/04 , B64D1/12 , B64D1/10 , B64C39/02 , B64D17/80 , B64D17/72 , B64D25/08 , G05D1/10 , B64D45/00
CPC classification number: B64D45/04 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/185 , B64D1/10 , B64D1/12 , B64D17/725 , B64D17/80 , B64D25/08 , B64D2045/008 , G05D1/101
Abstract: A ballistic parachute is released to slow descent of a cabin and an airframe where the airframe supports a plurality of rotors and the cabin removably attaches to the airframe. A ground condition is detected and it is decided whether to detach the airframe from the cabin. The airframe is detached from the cabin in response to the decision.
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公开(公告)号：US20180029694A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-01
申请号：US15225028
申请日：2016-08-01
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Damon Vander Lind , Todd Reichert
CPC classification number: B64C11/343 , B64C11/46 , B64C27/57 , B64C29/02
Abstract: A propeller includes a blade free to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the blade. The propeller also includes a mechanical stop positioned to engage mechanically a first portion of the blade and/or a first structure coupled mechanically to the blade when the blade is in a first position. The propeller also includes a magnetic stop positioned to engage magnetically a second portion of the blade and/or a second structure coupled mechanically to the blade when the blade is in a second position. The blade rotates to the first position against the mechanical stop when the propeller is rotated at a first rotational speed and the blade rotates to the second position against the magnetic stop when the propeller is rotated at a second rotational speed in a same direction as when the blade is in the first position.
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公开(公告)号：US20240210940A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-27
申请号：US18589243
申请日：2024-02-27
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Cameron Robertson , Joseph Roop , Todd Reichert , Damon Vander Lind
CPC classification number: G05D1/0061 , B64D17/54 , B64D17/62 , B64D17/80 , B64D45/00 , B64D17/725 , B64D2045/0085 , B64U70/83
Abstract: Sensor data is received from a sensor where the sensor data includes aircraft state information including an aircraft pitch angle and recovery device state information including which parachute canopies are operational and one or more properties associated with the operational parachute canopies. The parachute canopies are coupled aft of a center of mass. It is determined, based at least in part on the aircraft pitch angle, whether to generate a control signal associated with maneuvering the aircraft into a nose-up position. A recovery action is performed, including by selecting a parachute canopy to be deployed, from the operational parachute canopies and based at least in part on the one or more properties, and deploying the selected parachute canopy, where a load on the selected parachute canopy is reduced in the event the aircraft is in the nose-up position compared to the aircraft being in a nose-down position.
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公开(公告)号：US20230384799A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-30
申请号：US18125025
申请日：2023-03-22
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Mark Johnson Cutler , Todd Reichert , James Jackson
CPC classification number: G05D1/0833 , G05D1/085 , G05D1/0808 , G05D1/0816 , G05D1/08 , G05D1/101
Abstract: A set of commands for each of a plurality of actuators to alter an aircraft's state responsive to one or more inputs is produced. The set of commands is provided to fewer than all actuators comprising the plurality of actuators.
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公开(公告)号：US11827335B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US17956573
申请日：2022-09-29
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Todd Reichert
CPC classification number: B64C11/06 , B64C11/14 , B64C11/343 , B64C29/0033
Abstract: A hinged propeller comprising a hub and one or more blades is disclosed. In various embodiments, a blade is connected to the hub via a hinge, wherein at least a substantial part of the blade has a longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to a line extending radially from a center of the hub, and wherein the hinge has an axis of hinge rotation that is oriented at a non-zero acute angle to a line that is perpendicular, in a plane of rotation of the hub, to said longitudinal axis.
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公开(公告)号：US11256253B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US15207359
申请日：2016-07-11
Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Inventor： Cameron Robertson , Joseph Roop , Todd Reichert , Damon Vander Lind
Abstract: An automated aircraft recovery system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes an interface configured to receive sensor data; and a control mechanism configured to: perform automatically a recovery action that is determined based at least in part on the sensor data. In various embodiments, the control mechanism may determine an expected state of an aircraft, determine whether a state of the aircraft matches the expected state, and in the event the state of the aircraft does not match the expected state, perform the recovery action.
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