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US3082977A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Plural rotor sustained aircraft

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-07-06
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Granted: 1963-03-26
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Expires: 1980-07-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Arlin Max Melvin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 20:09
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64C; B64C29/00; B64C29/0008; B64C29/0016; B64C29/0025

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 236 words
AN AIRCRAFT MOVABLE UNDER ITS OWN POWER IN ANY DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF COMPRISING A BODY, AT LEAST THREE ROTORS SUPPORTED BY SAID BODY IN SPACED RELATION ABOUT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF, EACH OF SAID ROTORS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL POWER SUPPLY AND A VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THRUST, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR VARYING THE THRUST OF ONE OF SAID ROTORS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID AIRCRAFT RELATIVE TO THE THRUST OF ANOTHER OF SAID ROTORS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF TO ROTATE SAID BODY ABOUT A BODY AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID BODY AND GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE AXES OF SAID ROTORS TO A POSITION WHEREIN THE THRUST OF SAID ROTORS RESPECTIVELY, HAS A HORIZONTAL COMPONENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GRAVITATIONAL VERTICAL IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO SAID BODY AXIS, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPEED CONTROL LINKAGES EXTENDING FROM SAID ROTOR POWER SUPPLIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND CONNECTED TO A COMMON MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID COMMON MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION TO EFFECT LIKE VARIATIONS IN THE SPEED OF SAID INDIVIDUAL POWER SUPPLIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF ONE OF SAID POWER SUPPLIES AND CONCOMITANTLY DECREASE THE SPEED OF ANOTHER OF SAID POWER SUPPLIES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID AIRCRAFT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 236 words
AN AIRCRAFT MOVABLE UNDER ITS OWN POWER IN ANY DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF COMPRISING A BODY, AT LEAST THREE ROTORS SUPPORTED BY SAID BODY IN SPACED RELATION ABOUT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF, EACH OF SAID ROTORS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL POWER SUPPLY AND A VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THRUST, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR VARYING THE THRUST OF ONE OF SAID ROTORS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID AIRCRAFT RELATIVE TO THE THRUST OF ANOTHER OF SAID ROTORS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY THEREOF TO ROTATE SAID BODY ABOUT A BODY AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID BODY AND GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE AXES OF SAID ROTORS TO A POSITION WHEREIN THE THRUST OF SAID ROTORS RESPECTIVELY, HAS A HORIZONTAL COMPONENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GRAVITATIONAL VERTICAL IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO SAID BODY AXIS, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPEED CONTROL LINKAGES EXTENDING FROM SAID ROTOR POWER SUPPLIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND CONNECTED TO A COMMON MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID COMMON MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION TO EFFECT LIKE VARIATIONS IN THE SPEED OF SAID INDIVIDUAL POWER SUPPLIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF ONE OF SAID POWER SUPPLIES AND CONCOMITANTLY DECREASE THE SPEED OF ANOTHER OF SAID POWER SUPPLIES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID AIRCRAFT.

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