Invention Grant
- Patent Title: VTOL aircraft for network system
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Application No.: US17467702Application Date: 2021-09-07
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Publication No.: US11618545B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Mark Moore , Nikhil Goel , John Conway Badalamenti , Jon D. Petersen , David Josephson
- Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64C1/14
- IPC: B64C1/14 ; B64D11/06 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C1/24 ; B64C11/46 ; E05F15/70

Abstract:
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft provides transportation to users of a network system. The network system may include multiple aircraft or other types of vehicles to provide multi-model transportation. An aircraft may include a fuselage, a truss coupled to the fuselage, and multiple distributed electric propellers coupled to the truss. The distributed electric propellers may be positioned on at least two different planes. The fuselage may include a cabin having one or more seats for the passengers arranged in a configuration that has a compact footprint, provides legroom, provides visibility to surroundings of the aircraft, or facilitates convenient ingress or egress of passengers. The aircraft may open a port cabin door and starboard cabin door for simultaneous ingress or egress of passengers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220055733A1 VTOL Aircraft for Network System Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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