Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeJoby Aero, Inc.
InventorsJoeBen Bevirt, Alex Stoll
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Abstract
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to vertical takeoff with the rotors in a rotated, take-off attitude then transitions to a horizontal flight path, with the rotors rotated to a typical horizontal configuration. The aerial vehicle may have deployment mechanisms which deploy electric motor driven propellers from a forward facing to a vertical orientation. The aerial vehicle may be powered with electric motors.
Claims15
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical take-off and horizontal flight, said aerial vehicle comprising:
- a main vehicle body;
- a right side wing, said right side wing comprising:
- a plurality of right wing forward rotor assemblies, said right wing forward rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor and a propeller, said right wing forward rotor assemblies attached to said right side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said right wing forward rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration;
- a left side wing, said left side wing comprising:
- a plurality of left wing forward rotor assemblies, said left wing forward rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor and a propeller, said left wing forward rotor assemblies attached to said left side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said left wing forward rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration;
- one or more right rear rotor assemblies, said one or more right rear rotor assemblies residing rearward of said right wing, said one or more right rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor and a propeller;
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- one or more left rear rotor assemblies, said one or more left rear rotor assemblies residing rearward of said left wing, said one or more left rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor and a propeller;
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- one or more electric power sources, said one or more electric power sources electrically coupled to said electric motors.
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