Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Airplane and helicopter sustained
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-27
2010-02-23
Dinh, Tien (Department: 3644)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Airplane and helicopter sustained
C244S00700B, C244S056000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07665688
ABSTRACT:
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 coaxial drive shafts positioned aft of the tiltable propeller and airfoil arranged for contra-rotation, a stop rotor mechanism, and a pair of wing panels, each of the wing panels attached to one of the coaxial drive shafts. The wing panels act as contra-rotating rotor blades in the rotary wing flight mode, and act as fixed wing panels in the fixed wing mode.
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Cylinder David A
Kellogg James C
Dinh Tien
Ferrett Sally A
Karasek John J
Sanderson Joseph W
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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