Roadable aircraft
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Hirabayashi, Keisuke Tajiri, Yutaka Sasaki
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Abstract
A roadable vehicle includes main wings, a fuselage, a sliding door on a lateral side surface of the fuselage, and hinge mechanisms. The hinge mechanisms connect the main wings to the fuselage. The hinge mechanisms allow the main wings to turn between a first state where the main wings are folded beside the fuselage and a second state where the main wings are opened on the lateral sides of the fuselage. In the first state, the sliding door is opened and closed by sliding the sliding door in a space formed between one of the main wings and the fuselage while an outer side of the fuselage and an inner side of the sliding door facing each other.
Claims4
A roadable aircraft, comprising:
- main wings;
- a fuselage;
- a sliding door on a lateral side of the fuselage;
- and
- hinge mechanisms which connect the main wings to the fuselage and which allow the main wings to tum between:
- a first state where the main wings are folded beside the fuselage;
- and
- a second state where the main wings are opened on lateral sides of the fuselage, wherein:
- fittings are respectively provided i) on the fuselage and ii) on an outer periphery of a winglet formed on an end of one of the main wings, and
- in the first state, 1) the end of the winglet is fixable to the fuselage using the fittings, and 2) the sliding door is opened and closed by sliding the sliding door in a space surrounded by the one of the main wings, the winglet, and the fuselage while an outer side of the fuselage and an inner side of the sliding door face each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.