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US3184181A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Convertiplane with control mechanism

Assignee: Convertawings Inc
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Filing: 1959-07-08
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Granted: 1965-05-18
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Expires: 1979-07-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 David H Kaplan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 18:10
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64C; B64C29/00; B64C29/0008; B64C29/0016; B64C29/0033

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 224 words
A CONVERTIPLANE COMPRISING A FUSELAGE, A PAIR OF WING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FUSELAGE IN SPACED FORE AND AFT POSITION, EACH WING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WING AND EACH WING HAVING A LEADING EDGE AND A CHORD, MOUNTING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FUSELAGE AND MOUNTING EACH WING MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TO AND FROM A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION AND A GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION, WING OPERATED MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE WING MEANS TO PIVOT THE SAME, A PAIR OF ROTORS CARRIED BY EACH WING MEAN IN LATERALLY SPACED RELATION AND EACH ROTOR HAVING BLADES, ROTOR MOUNTING MEANS MOUNTING EACH ROTOR FOR ROTATION ON THE WING MEANS ON AN AXIS THROUGH OR ADJACENT TO THE CHORD OF THE WING MEANS AND AHEAD OF THE LEADING EDGE THEREOF, MEANS MOUNTING THE BLADES FOR PITCH CHANGE; PITCH OPERATION MECHANISM HAVING FOUR OUTPUT MEANS AND HAVING INPUT MEANS FOR COLLECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL OPERATION OF THE OUTPUT MEANS AND COLLECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL PITCH CHANGE OF THE BLADES; MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE INPUT MEANS TO OPERATE THE LATER, OUTPUT CONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN THE OUTPUT MEANS AND THE BLADES OF THE ROTORS, FLAP PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE WING MEANS, AND FLAP DEPRESSING MECHANISM OPERABLE BY PIVOTING OF THE WING MEANS AND CONNECTED WITH THE FLAPS TO DEPRESS THE SAME IN THE TRANSITION OF THE WING MEANS BETWEEN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL POSITIONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 224 words
A CONVERTIPLANE COMPRISING A FUSELAGE, A PAIR OF WING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FUSELAGE IN SPACED FORE AND AFT POSITION, EACH WING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WING AND EACH WING HAVING A LEADING EDGE AND A CHORD, MOUNTING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FUSELAGE AND MOUNTING EACH WING MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TO AND FROM A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION AND A GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION, WING OPERATED MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE WING MEANS TO PIVOT THE SAME, A PAIR OF ROTORS CARRIED BY EACH WING MEAN IN LATERALLY SPACED RELATION AND EACH ROTOR HAVING BLADES, ROTOR MOUNTING MEANS MOUNTING EACH ROTOR FOR ROTATION ON THE WING MEANS ON AN AXIS THROUGH OR ADJACENT TO THE CHORD OF THE WING MEANS AND AHEAD OF THE LEADING EDGE THEREOF, MEANS MOUNTING THE BLADES FOR PITCH CHANGE; PITCH OPERATION MECHANISM HAVING FOUR OUTPUT MEANS AND HAVING INPUT MEANS FOR COLLECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL OPERATION OF THE OUTPUT MEANS AND COLLECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL PITCH CHANGE OF THE BLADES; MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE INPUT MEANS TO OPERATE THE LATER, OUTPUT CONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN THE OUTPUT MEANS AND THE BLADES OF THE ROTORS, FLAP PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE WING MEANS, AND FLAP DEPRESSING MECHANISM OPERABLE BY PIVOTING OF THE WING MEANS AND CONNECTED WITH THE FLAPS TO DEPRESS THE SAME IN THE TRANSITION OF THE WING MEANS BETWEEN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL POSITIONS.

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