US 11,939,051 B2
Stacked propellers
Mark Moore, Henderson, NV (US); John Conway Badalamenti, San Francisco, CA (US); Ian Andreas Villa, San Francisco, CA (US); Adam Shaw Warmoth, Los Altos, CA (US); and David Lane Josephson, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,742.
Application 17/653,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/179,941, filed on Nov. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,267,571.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,659, filed on May 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,623, filed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274695 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B63H 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/10 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 11/48 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 35/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 29/0033 (2013.01) [B64C 3/10 (2013.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 11/48 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 35/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacked propeller comprising:
a first propeller configured to rotate about an axis of rotation;
a second propeller positioned behind the first propeller and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation, the first propeller protruding from or flushed with a duct and the second propeller being encapsulated by the duct; and
a first motor configured to rotate the first propeller and the second propeller in a first mode of operation.