Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft

Details Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft

2011-04-05

2011-04-05

Swiatek, Rob (Department: 3643)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Fluid sustained

C244S02300R, C244S02300R

Reexamination Certificate

active

07918416

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle, including a vehicle frame, a duct carried by the vehicle frame with the longitudinal axis of the duct perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame, a propeller rotatably mounted within the duct about the longitudinal axis of the duct to force an ambient fluid therethrough from its inlet at the upper end of the duct through its exit at the lower end of the duct, and thereby to produce an upward lift force applied to the vehicle, and a plurality of parallel, spaced vanes pivotally mounted to and across the inlet end of the duct about pivotal axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the duct and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame, the vanes being selectively pivotal about their axes to produce a desired horizontal force component to the lift force applied to the vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1287076 (1918-12-01), Moses
patent: 2077471 (1937-04-01), Fink
patent: 2138999 (1938-12-01), Clark
patent: 2242201 (1941-05-01), Woods
patent: 2273724 (1942-02-01), Nelson et al.
patent: D155004 (1949-08-01), Gluhareff
patent: 2709947 (1955-06-01), Woods
patent: 2734705 (1956-02-01), Robertson
patent: 2777649 (1957-01-01), Williams
patent: 2812636 (1957-11-01), Kadosch et al.
patent: 2899149 (1959-08-01), Breguet
patent: 2930544 (1960-03-01), Howell
patent: 2936969 (1960-05-01), Griffith et al.
patent: 2939649 (1960-06-01), Shaw
patent: 2951661 (1960-09-01), Dorman et al.
patent: 2955780 (1960-10-01), Hulbert
patent: 2968453 (1961-01-01), Bright
patent: 2973921 (1961-03-01), Price
patent: 2975676 (1961-03-01), Butler
patent: 2988301 (1961-06-01), Fletcher
patent: 3033493 (1962-05-01), Wilde et al.
patent: 3039537 (1962-06-01), Heidelberg
patent: 3082977 (1963-03-01), Arlin
patent: 3088695 (1963-05-01), Clark
patent: 3090581 (1963-05-01), Einarsson
patent: 3116898 (1964-01-01), Clark et al.
patent: 3136500 (1964-06-01), Kerry
patent: 3139244 (1964-06-01), Bright
patent: 3161374 (1964-12-01), Allred et al.
patent: 3167273 (1965-01-01), Calderon
patent: 3174573 (1965-03-01), Chaplin
patent: 3179353 (1965-04-01), Peterson
patent: 3179354 (1965-04-01), Alvarez-Calderon
patent: 3181810 (1965-05-01), Olson
patent: 3184183 (1965-05-01), Piasecki
patent: 3187817 (1965-06-01), Colley
patent: 3198082 (1965-08-01), Kerris
patent: 3201067 (1965-08-01), Meyerhoff
patent: 3203645 (1965-08-01), Shaw
patent: 3223354 (1965-12-01), Seibold et al.
patent: 3224712 (1965-12-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 3231221 (1966-01-01), Platt
patent: 3244246 (1966-04-01), Weiland
patent: 3262511 (1966-07-01), Carr
patent: 3262657 (1966-07-01), Anker-Holth
patent: 3265329 (1966-08-01), Postelson-Apostolescu
patent: 3276528 (1966-10-01), Tucknott et al.
patent: 3289977 (1966-12-01), Staats
patent: 3383074 (1968-05-01), Coplin
patent: 3384327 (1968-05-01), Postelson-Apostolesc
patent: 3397852 (1968-08-01), Katzen
patent: 3397854 (1968-08-01), Reyle
patent: 3454238 (1969-07-01), Goodson
patent: 3463420 (1969-08-01), Butler et al.
patent: 3481559 (1969-12-01), Apostolescu
patent: 3519224 (1970-07-01), Boyd et al.
patent: 3559921 (1971-02-01), Timperman
patent: 3580530 (1971-05-01), Wada
patent: 3584810 (1971-06-01), Velton
patent: 3606208 (1971-09-01), Postelson-Apostolescu
patent: 3614030 (1971-10-01), Moller
patent: 3627235 (1971-12-01), Lippisch
patent: 3665809 (1972-05-01), Darlington et al.
patent: 3713748 (1973-01-01), Langley
patent: 3752417 (1973-08-01), Lagace
patent: 3827527 (1974-08-01), Bertelsen
patent: 3873049 (1975-03-01), Horsdal
patent: 3904155 (1975-09-01), Chavis
patent: 3912201 (1975-10-01), Bradbury
patent: 3955780 (1976-05-01), Postelson
patent: 3972490 (1976-08-01), Zimmermann et al.
patent: 4022405 (1977-05-01), Peterson
patent: 4043421 (1977-08-01), Smith
patent: 4149688 (1979-04-01), Miller, Jr.
patent: 4194707 (1980-03-01), Sharpe
patent: 4469294 (1984-09-01), Clifton
patent: 4505442 (1985-03-01), Kirsch et al.
patent: 4505443 (1985-03-01), Bradfield et al.
patent: 4537372 (1985-08-01), Forizs
patent: 4598890 (1986-07-01), Herzog et al.
patent: 4701602 (1987-10-01), Schaefer et al.
patent: 4754940 (1988-07-01), Deter
patent: 4757962 (1988-07-01), Grant
patent: 4765568 (1988-08-01), Carl et al.
patent: 4795111 (1989-01-01), Moller
patent: 4796836 (1989-01-01), Buchelt
patent: 4824048 (1989-04-01), Kim
patent: 4828203 (1989-05-01), Clifton et al.
patent: 4834319 (1989-05-01), Ewy et al.
patent: 4856732 (1989-08-01), Eickmann
patent: 4880071 (1989-11-01), Tracy
patent: 4892274 (1990-01-01), Pohl et al.
patent: 4917332 (1990-04-01), Patterson, Jr.
patent: 4934629 (1990-06-01), Brant
patent: 5064143 (1991-11-01), Bucher
patent: 5101927 (1992-04-01), Murtuza
patent: 5209428 (1993-05-01), Bevilaqua et al.
patent: 5297761 (1994-03-01), Kendall, Jr. et al.
patent: 5419514 (1995-05-01), Ducan
patent: 5454531 (1995-10-01), Melkuti
patent: 5505407 (1996-04-01), Chiappetta
patent: 5666483 (1997-09-01), McClary
patent: 5738302 (1998-04-01), Freeland
patent: 5746390 (1998-05-01), Chiappetta et al.
patent: 5806805 (1998-09-01), Elbert et al.
patent: 5890441 (1999-04-01), Swinson et al.
patent: 6089501 (2000-07-01), Frost
patent: 6105901 (2000-08-01), Ulanoski et al.
patent: 6119985 (2000-09-01), Clapp et al.
patent: 6170778 (2001-01-01), Cycon et al.
patent: 6254032 (2001-07-01), Bucher
patent: 6270038 (2001-08-01), Cycon et al.
patent: 6318668 (2001-11-01), Ulanoski et al.
patent: 6371406 (2002-04-01), Corcoran
patent: 6382559 (2002-05-01), Sutterfield et al.
patent: 6431494 (2002-08-01), Kinkead et al.
patent: 6446911 (2002-09-01), Yount et al.
patent: 6457670 (2002-10-01), Geranio
patent: 6464166 (2002-10-01), Yoeli
patent: 6474598 (2002-11-01), Carter, Jr.
patent: 6520449 (2003-02-01), Illingworth
patent: 6561456 (2003-05-01), Devine
patent: 6568630 (2003-05-01), Yoeli
patent: 6616094 (2003-09-01), Illingworth
patent: 6644598 (2003-11-01), Glezer et al.
patent: 6704624 (2004-03-01), Ortega et al.
patent: 6708920 (2004-03-01), Fukuyama
patent: 6745977 (2004-06-01), Long et al.
patent: 6751530 (2004-06-01), Seifert et al.
patent: D496606 (2004-09-01), Sanders, Jr.
patent: 6808140 (2004-10-01), Moller
patent: 6817570 (2004-11-01), Yoeli
patent: 6824095 (2004-11-01), Mao
patent: 6834832 (2004-12-01), Jamgarov
patent: 6843447 (2005-01-01), Morgan
patent: 6883748 (2005-04-01), Yoeli
patent: 6886776 (2005-05-01), Wagner et al.
patent: 6892979 (2005-05-01), Milde
patent: 6892980 (2005-05-01), Kawai
patent: 6913226 (2005-07-01), Huynh
patent: 6926322 (2005-08-01), Browne et al.
patent: 6974105 (2005-12-01), Pham
patent: 7246769 (2007-07-01), Yoeli
patent: 7249732 (2007-07-01), Sanders, Jr. et al.
patent: 7267300 (2007-09-01), Heath et al.
patent: 7275712 (2007-10-01), Yoeli
patent: 7717368 (2010-05-01), Yoeli
patent: 7789342 (2010-09-01), Yoeli
patent: 7806362 (2010-10-01), Yoeli
patent: 2002/0161488 (2002-10-01), Guillemin et al.
patent: 2003/0038213 (2003-02-01), Yoeli
patent: 2003/0062442 (2003-04-01), Milde, Jr.
patent: 2003/0062443 (2003-04-01), Wagner et al.
patent: 2003/0085319 (2003-05-01), Wagner et al.
patent: 2003/0127559 (2003-07-01), Walmsley
patent: 2003/0195673 (2003-10-01), Foch et al.
patent: 2004/0026563 (2004-02-01), Moller
patent: 2004/0104303 (2004-06-01), Mao
patent: 2004/0149857 (2004-08-01), Yoeli
patent: 2004/0155143 (2004-08-01), Yoeli
patent: 2005/0029407 (2005-02-01), Pohl et al.
patent: 2005/0040283 (2005-02-01), Frazer
patent: 2005/0065669 (2005-03-01), Roux et al.
patent: 2005/0178881 (2005-08-01), Yoeli
patent: 2005/0242231 (2005-11-01), Yoeli
patent: 2006/0113426 (2006-06-01), Yoeli
patent: 2006/0231675 (2006-10-01), Bostan
patent: 2007/0034734 (2007-02-01), Yoeli
patent: 2007/0034739 (2007-02-01), Yoeli
patent: 2007/0095971 (2007-05-01), Yoeli
patent: 2007/0158494 (2007-07-01), Burrage
patent: 2008/0054121 (2008-03-01), Yoeli
patent: 2008/0142643 (2008-06-01), Yoeli
patent: 2008/0283673 (2008-11-01), Yoeli
patent: 2009/0084907 (2009-04-01), Yoeli
patent: 2009/0159757 (2009-06-01), Yoeli
patent: 2010/0051740 (2010-03-01), Yoeli
patent: 2010/0051753 (2010-03-01), Yoeli
patent: 2010/0076625 (2010-03-01), Yoeli
patent: 2010/0270419 (

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2710239