G05D 1/0669
Specially adapted for vertical take-off
Official title: {specially adapted for vertical take-off}
G05D1/0669 (Specially adapted for vertical take-off) appears on 93 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 93
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Programmable, linear collective control system for a helicopter144US 5,076,517 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1991
- Helicopter control systems63US 4,947,334 AWestland Helicopters Limited · 1990
- Vertical control system for rotary wing aircraft42US 5,428,543 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1995
- Unmanned helicopter, takeoff method of unmanned helicopter, and landing method of unmanned helicopter42US 7,195,200 B2Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2007
- Assisted takeoff42US 9,126,693 B1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. · 2015