Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Fluid sustained
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Poon, Peter M. (Department: 3643)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Fluid sustained
C244S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06978969
ABSTRACT:
A fly-drive vehicle is disclosed including a vehicle body, a motor mounted on the vehicle body, at least one rotor rotatably attached to the vehicle body, a pair of wheels each rotatably attached to a lower portion of the vehicle body, a drive propeller rotatably coupled to the vehicle body, a transmission for selectively transferring mechanical power from the motor to at least one of the pair of wheels or to the drive propeller, and a front wheel control mechanism. The fly-drive vehicle also includes a landing gear assembly for raising and lowering the pair of wheels with respect to the vehicle body and a folding rotor shaft assembly for raising and lowering the rotor with respect to the vehicle body.
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Collins Timothy D.
Karich Eric
Poon Peter M.
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