B64U 40/20
On-board mechanical arrangements for adjusting control surfaces or rotors: for in-flight adjustment
Official title: for in-flight adjustment of the base configuration
B64U40/20 (On-board mechanical arrangements for adjusting control surfaces or rotors: for in-flight adjustment) appears on 60 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
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