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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7252265 | Microaircraft and cellular phone equipped with microaircraft An aircraft which is attachable to, for example, a cellular phone. The aircraft is provided with at least four rotors actuated with compressed fluid or by ring-shaped electric motors. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7204453 | Rotor and aircraft passively stable in hover The present invention discloses a rotor that enables an aircraft to be passively stable in hover. The rotor, having a generally fixed geometry is tiltably connected to its rotor shaft. The outer part of the rotor blades have a pitch fixed relative to the rotational ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6869042 | System for airborne launch of an aircraft from a larger carrier aircraft A system for launching, refuelling and recovering in flight an aircraft (10) such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a larger carrier aircraft (16) comprising a holder (22) on the carrier aircraft (16) to which the UAV (10) i... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6793172 | Lightweight remotely controlled aircraft An aircraft which is designed for remote controlled slow flight, indoor or in a small outdoor yard or field. The aerial lifting body is defined by a series of lightweight planar or thin airfoil surfaces (A1, A2, A3, A4) arranged in a radi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6615165 | Cable connections between an unmanned aircraft and a detachable data handling module A power and communications connection arrangement for a miniature, unmanned aircraft having data handling capability. The aircraft has a microprocessor for managing flight control, a GPS receiver, a communications radio frequency transceiver, and data han... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6488232 | Single passenger aircraft Disclosed is a single passenger aircraft configured to vertically take-off and land. An airframe is configured to support the passenger in an upright position during take-off and landing and during flight. The aircraft includes a pair of propulsion device... | 12/03/2002 |
| 5303695 | Human free-flight launcher A human free-flight launcher including a seat positioned within a tetrahedral frame and supported therein by elasticized cords which, upon retraction of the seat within the interior of the tetrahedral support frame, come under tension to cause the seat, u... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4704732 | Method of suspending a platform for communications and observation kept at high altitude by atmospheric molecular momentum transfer The instant invention comprises a method for freely suspending without any solid material support, a platform in an atmosphere by atmospheric-particle-momentum transfer having opposite surface portions which are structured to have different atmospher... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4634080 | Parafoil vertical lift mechanism The invention is an improved method and device for utilizing the principles of lift achieved through the dynamic physics of the airfoil. In the case of the present invention, the airfoil utilized is a parafoil. The parafoil of the present invention is a m... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4498645 | Wingless aircraft with ducted variable pitch airfoils A wingless aircraft having a power channel with two parallel ducts afixed to the top of the fuselage. A jet engine or other drive mechanism is positioned within each duct. No air flow is permitted between any part of the lower surface of the power channel... | 02/12/1985 |
