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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110303795 | THREE-WING, SIX TILT-PROPULSION UNIT, VTOL AIRCRAFT A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft having a fuselage with, preferably, three wings and six synchronously tilt-able propulsion units, each one mounted above, below, or on each half of the aforementioned three wings. The propulsion units are oriented vertically for v... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110114798 | LONG-RANGE AIRCRAFT WITH HIGH FORWARD SPEED IN CRUISING FLIGHT The present invention relates to an aircraft (1) comprising an airframe (2) provided with a fuselage (10) and fixed wings (20), a rotary wing (30), at least two propellers (41, 42), and a power plant suitable for driving said ro... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110031355 | Aircraft with dual flight regimes The aircraft is capable of two distinct fuel-efficient flight regimes: one is a vertical flight regime supported by two large two-bladed rotors with low disc loading located on right and left longitudinal booms. The booms extend between outboard regions of a front wing ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100276549 | Fail-operational multiple lifting-rotor aircraft A rotorcraft having multiple rotors, and wings that provide lift in forward flight, has mechanical coupling between rotors that can be disengaged and optionally reengaged, during flight. The coupling can, which can prevent a failure of one rotor from interfering with ro... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100270435 | Wing efficiency for tilt-rotor aircraft Rotorcraft wings disposed between tilt-rotor nacelles have particularly high aspect ratios for tilt-rotor rotorcraft, including for example at least 6, 7, 8, or higher. The increase in wing span and aspect ratio is possible because of the use of rigid and semi-rigid rot... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100230547 | Stop-rotor rotary wing aircraft Systems and methods for transitioning an aircraft between helicopter and fixed wing flight modes are provided. In one embodiment, an aircraft comprises a plurality of wings each having a spar and a flap; a flap actuator configured to move the flap with respect to the sp... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100193644 | Aircraft with Integrated Lift and Propulsion System A vertical take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is designed to be so efficient that it can be commercially competitive with runway dependent aircraft operating in a range of 100 to 1000 miles. Improvements include a high efficiency tilting rotor and wing design that ena... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100171001 | Hover Delivery of Cabin Payload in Tilt-Rotor and Tilt-Wing Aircraft A payload or cargo is delivered from a cargo hold of an aircraft during flight, by orienting the fuselage into a nose-up and tail-down position of at least 30 degrees off horizontal, and lowering the cargo from a cargo hold in the fuselage by means of one or more lines.... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100108822 | Method for Suppressing Vibration in a Tiltrotor Aircraft A method is disclosed for suppressing vibration in an aircraft having at least one pair of multiple-blade rotors. The first step of the method is to install in the aircraft at least one pair of vibration suppression devices to form a system, the devices of each system b... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100096508 | Aircraft and method of retrieving a rescue cradle into the aircraft fuselage An aircraft capable of hovering, and having a fuselage defining an access opening; driving means for operating a rescue cradle; and a first wall movable between a closed position engaging a first portion of the opening, and a first open position allowing access to the f... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20090261209 | CONVERTIBLE AIRCRAFT A convertible aircraft comprising a main body integrating at least one substantially triangular wing (1), the main body having a recess (2) centered substantially in correspondence of the center of gravity of the aircraft; and a propulsion system associate... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090212166 | VTOL/STOL TILT-PROP FLYING WING An aircraft comprises two wings, a fuselage, a tail planform and a pair of counter-rotating propellers. The two wings are located at a longitudinal center of gravity of the aircraft. The fuselage is located forward of the longitudinal center of gravity and coupled to th... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090184209 | Constant-Velocity Drive System for Gimbaled Rotor Hubs A constant-velocity drive system for a rotary-wing aircraft rotor comprising a differential torque-splitting mechanism and a gimbal mechanism is disclosed. A rotary-wing aircraft having a rotary-wing aircraft rotor comprising a differential torque-splitting mechanism an... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090045295 | Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing Aircraft A vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft with a single proprotor assembly that has a pair of inline counter-rotating rotors. Two inline counter-rotating engines are directly connected to the rotors. One engine is shut down in horizontal flight to improve efficienc... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090014599 | Convertible aerial vehicle with contra-rotating wing/rotors and twin tilting wing and propeller units A micro aerial vehicle can be converted during flight between a fixed wing flight mode and a rotary wing flight mode. The canard design micro aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, two tiltable propellers and airfoils arranged at a forward portion of fuselage, a pair of co... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090008510 | AIRCRAFT HAVING THE ABILITY FOR HOVERING FLIGHT, FAST FORWARD FLIGHT, GLIDING FLIGHT, SHORT TAKE-OFF, SHORT LANDING, VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND VERTICAL LANDING Aircraft having two, preferably four or more, rotors (20) in wing hatches (10) which can be closed. The closure mechanism comprises, at the top, individually curved elements on a rollshutter (scroll/roller blind) (40) a... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080272244 | Hybrid Aircraft A hybrid aircraft (1) comprising an elongated fuselage (2), a rotor (3) having rotor blades (7) and a wing part (4) projecting from each side of the fuselage (2), is disclosed. Each wing part (4) is arranged rotatable abo... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080230656 | Aircraft wings having hinged vanes and aircraft having said wings Reconfigurable aircraft wings with at least one set of hinged upper and lower vanes and aircraft that are equipped with such wings are provided. When the aircraft are taking off or landing vertically, the hinged vanes are open in order to allow rotor thrust to go throug... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080223994 | MOVEABLE WINGS ON A FLYING/HOVERING VEHICLE The present invention includes an embodiment defined as a flying vehicle having a pair of wings and a transition assembly partially housed within each of the pair of wings. The transition assembly has ends rotatable with respect to each other and separately secured to t... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080173769 | Stabilized tilt rotor aircraft The purpose of this invention is to design and construct Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft (STRA). Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft is a subsonic aircraft with tilt rotors assisted by tilting louvers and tail rotors powered by the battery charged by the rotor engines. During... | 07/24/2008 |
