B64C 29/0008
Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically: having its flight directional axis
Official title: {having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded}
B64C29/0008 (Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically: having its flight directional axis) appears on 2,685 US grants and 2,992 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft and flight control paradigm using thrust differentials266US 8,733,690 B2Joby Aviation, Inc. · 2014
- Hybrid aircraft245US 5,823,468 A1998
- Horizontal and vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle222US 5,890,441 A1999
- Personal hoverplane with four tiltmotors216US 6,655,631 B22003
- Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft202US 6,892,980 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. · 2005