B64C29/0008

VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING COCOON-TYPE FLYING VEHICLE
20220355922 · 2022-11-10 ·

An innovative capsule type flying vehicle with vertical takeoff and landing, which belongs to the field of devices for air transportation, preferably used for individual transportation, but optionally can be configured for the transportation of two people, where the great inconvenience of products of the same purpose found in the state of technology is the fact that they leave the user exposed and unprotected; differently, the object of this present request consists of a propelled flying vehicle having an aerodynamic envelope and structure, shaped as an ogive capsule, manufactured using light, reliable, safe and easily controllable material, capable of taking off and landing vertically and hovering, flying and maneuvering over great distances and altitudes; consisting of a pod-shaped capsule (1) formed by a base (2), head (3), entry door (4) with a windshield (4A) and a support to fix the propulsion engine.

HIGH-SPEED, VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT
20220355923 · 2022-11-10 ·

A high-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft has a lifting structure, a first rotor with a first and second blade, a second rotor with a first and second blade, an auxiliary propulsion unit for providing forward thrust, and a control system for controlling the pitch of each of the rotor blades. The aircraft has a first, rotor-only, flight mode for hovering and low speed maneuvering. It also has a second flight mode where the rotors are held in at fixed azimuth angles and forward thrust is provided by the auxiliary propulsion unit. Three axis control is provided during the second flight mode by adjusting the attack angles of the fixed rotor blades. Between these two flight modes, there is an intermediate flight mode covering a fully controlled transition between the first two flight modes.

CUSTOM ADVERTISING AND BRAND WRAPS FOR SMART DRONES
20230095505 · 2023-03-30 ·

A system and method for providing custom advertising and brand wraps for smart autonomous multi-modal mobile transport platforms are disclosed.

Aircraft
20230033507 · 2023-02-02 ·

To provide an aircraft that can efficiently improve speed performance and fuel efficiency, the aircraft is an aircraft capable of forward flight and hovering, and includes a lift generating part, a frame for holding the lift generating part, and a loadable object provided on the frame and to be mounted. The front projection area of the frame and the mounting part during forward flight is smaller than the front projection area of the frame and the mounting part during hovering.

Systems and methods for restricting power to a load to prevent engaging circuit protection device for an aircraft
11491878 · 2022-11-08 · ·

A system for restricting power to a load to prevent engaging a circuit protection device for an electric aircraft includes an energy source. The energy source is communicatively coupled to a load, wherein the load includes a portion of a propulsion system. The system includes sensors configured to sense an electrical parameter. The system includes an aircraft controller communicatively connected to the energy source, wherein the aircraft controller is configured to receive an electrical parameter, compare the electrical parameter to a current allocation threshold, detect that the electrical parameter has reached a current allocation threshold, generate a current allocation threshold notification as a function of the detection, wherein the current allocation threshold notification indicates that the electrical parameter has reached the current allocation threshold.

DRONE ROUTING COMBINING AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT AND ASSIST VEHICLE TRAVEL
20230031028 · 2023-02-02 ·

A system comprises a drone having autonomous drive capability and an assist vehicle (AV) for transporting the drone in an assisted drive mode in which the drone is held at, and transported by, the assist vehicle. Control hardware and software are programmed to determine drone travel over a route having a first route section in which the drone travels autonomously and a second route section in which the drone travels in the assisted drive mode.

Charger connector for an electric aircraft
11613185 · 2023-03-28 · ·

Aspects relate to a connector of a charger and methods of use terminating a charging connection between the charger and an electric aircraft. A connector includes a controller that is configured to receive a control signal from a remote device and terminate the charging connection in response to the control signal.

DRIVE SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT
20220348311 · 2022-11-03 ·

A drive system of an aircraft, including a fuel cell, which can be supplied with hydrogen from a hydrogen tank and with air from a blower, the fuel cell being configured to provide drive power for operational flight after takeoff and before landing dependent on a hydrogen mass flow supplied by the hydrogen tank and dependent on an air mass flow supplied by the blower, and an electrical energy store, which is configured to provide additional drive power for takeoff and landing, wherein an additional hydrogen tank and an air or oxygen tank are configured to interact with the fuel cell such that the fuel cell can be supplied with an additional hydrogen mass flow and with an additional air or oxygen mass flow, thereby compensating at least partially for a loss of the additional drive power provided by the electrical energy store for landing.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FIXED WING FLIGHT TO VERTICAL WING FLIGHT FOR LANDING AN AIRCRAFT
20230089658 · 2023-03-23 · ·

A system and method for landing an electric aircraft is provided. The system includes a controller, wherein the controller is communicatively connected to the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to, receive a plurality of measured flight data, determine a descent confirmation as a function of the plurality of measured flight data, generate a descent instruction set as a function of the descent confirmation and the plurality of measured flight data, wherein generating the descent instruction set further includes generating a transition instruction set, and transmit the descent instruction set to a plurality of flight components, wherein each flight component of the plurality of flight components are coupled to the electric aircraft.

VARIABLE-SWEEP WING AERIAL VEHICLE WITH VTOL CAPABILITES
20230086655 · 2023-03-23 ·

A variable-sweep wing VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aerial vehicle with distributed propulsion adapted for VTOL flight and horizontal flight includes a fuselage, a pair of symmetrical swiveling canards extending outward from forward portion of the fuselage, a pair of first symmetrical wings extending outward from the upper-rear portion of the fuselage and a pair of second symmetrical wings extending outward from the lower-rear portion of the fuselage. The first and second wings are spaced apart longitudinally and vertically. The pylon joins the first wing and second wing at the tip to from the box-wing. The wings can transition between VTOL mode or airplane mode. The wings are mounted with rotors for propulsion. Moreover, at the trailing edge of the wings, the blown flap work as blown lift system for both VTOL flight or STOL flight. Finally, the fuselage mounted pusher rotor provides propulsive thrust for horizontal flight.