US 6,145,789 AGranted

Remotely controlled aircraft

AssigneeGray Matter Holdings, LLC

InventorsTai Hoon Kim Matlin, James Ashley Waring

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Abstract

A remotely controlled aircraft has a center member and a steering assembly. The steering assembly comprises a carriage, a remote control motor, a center member and a connecting arm. The carriage pivotably is attached to the center member. The remote control motor has a control arm and is disposed within the carriage. The center member arm has a first end and a second end. The first end of the center member arm is fixedly attached to the center member. The center member and the center member arm is arranged in a non-parallel manner. The connecting arm has a first end and a second end. The first end of the connecting arm is pivotably attached to the second end of the center member arm. The second end of the connecting arm is pivotably attached to the control arm of the remote control motor.

Claims6

Dependent claims

In a remotely controlled aircraft, a carriage, said carriage comprising:

a remote control motor having a control arm;
a push pin having a first end and a second end, the first end of said push pin being connected to the control arm of said remote control motor;
a lever having a first end and a second end, said lever being pivotably mounted to said carriage at a mount location between the first end and the second end of said lever, the first end of said lever being moveably engagable with the carriage, the first end of said lever being biased in an upward direction, the second end of the push pin downwardly engagable with said lever between its first end and mount location;
and
a string clip having a first end and a catch arm, the first end of said string clip being removably engagable with the carriage, the catch arm of said string clip being removably engagable with the second end of said lever.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.