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US 9,944,386 B1Granted
Multicopter with wide span rotor configuration and protective fuselage
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsTodd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Mark Johnson Cutler
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Abstract
An aircraft includes a plurality of rotors and a fuselage. The plurality of rotors are attached to the aircraft at a fixed roll angle and a fixed pitch angle and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The fuselage includes a side wall with a top edge where the top edge of the side wall is higher than the plurality of rotors.
Claims21
An aircraft, comprising:
- a plurality of rotors, wherein:
- the plurality of rotors are attached to the aircraft at a fixed roll angle and a fixed pitch angle;
- the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another;
- and
- the plurality of rotors include:
- an outer back rotor which is attached to the aircraft at a highest height associated with the plurality of rotors;
- an outer front rotor which is attached to the aircraft at a second highest height associated with the plurality of rotors;
- an inner back rotor which is attached to the aircraft at a third highest height associated with the plurality of rotors;
- an inner front rotor which is attached to the aircraft at a lowest height associated with the plurality of rotors;
- and
- an inner middle rotor which is attached to the aircraft at the lowest height associated with the plurality of rotors;
- and
- a fuselage which includes a side wall with a top edge, wherein the top edge of the side wall is higher than the plurality of rotors.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a plurality of rotors, wherein:
- the plurality of rotors are attached to the aircraft at a fixed roll angle and a fixed pitch angle;
- and
- the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another;
- a fuselage which includes a side wall with a top edge, wherein the top edge of the side wall is higher than the plurality of rotors;
- and
- a left float and a right float, wherein:
- a left inner front rotor, a left inner middle rotor, and a left inner back rotor are attached to the left float;
- a right inner front rotor, a right inner middle rotor, and a right inner back rotor are attached to the right float;
- the left float includes a first plurality of batteries for the left inner front rotor, the left inner middle rotor, the left inner back rotor, a left out front rotor, and a left outer back rotor;
- and
- the right float includes a second plurality of batteries for the right inner front rotor, the right inner middle rotor, the right inner back rotor, a right out front rotor, and a right outer back rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.