US 12,269,586 B2
Hover-capable aircraft
Moble Benedict, College Station, TX (US); David Coleman, Bryan, TX (US); Atanu Halder, College Station, TX (US); Bochan Lee, College Station, TX (US); Andrew Riha, Bryan, TX (US); Farid Saemi, Houston, TX (US); Carl Runco, College Station, TX (US); Vishaal Subramanian, College Station, TX (US); Eric Greenwood, Newport News, VA (US); and Vinod Lakshminarayan, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/252,502
Filed by The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/037341
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241725, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,323, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253232 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 27/68 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B64C 27/10 (2023.01); B64C 27/467 (2006.01); B64C 27/605 (2006.01); B64D 17/80 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2024.01); B64D 31/00 (2024.01)
CPC B64C 27/68 (2013.01) [B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B64C 27/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/467 (2013.01); B64C 27/605 (2013.01); B64D 17/80 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hover-capable aircraft, comprising:
a body;
a first rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the first rotor assembly includes a first plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades and is configured to rotate about a rotational axis in a first rotational direction; and
a second rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the second rotor assembly includes a second plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades and is configured to rotate about the rotational axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction;
wherein each blade of at least one of the first plurality of blades and the second plurality of blades comprises a root, a forward swept section extending directly from the root, and a rearward swept section.