US 12,296,953 B2
Aircraft with wingtip positioned propellers
Jonathan Christian Russ, Poway, CA (US)
Filed by Jonathan Christian Russ, Poway, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,039.
Application 18/239,039 is a continuation of application No. 17/257,399, granted, now 11,738,868, previously published as PCT/US2020/067536, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,227, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406498 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 39/12 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 39/12 (2013.01) [B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64C 39/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage having a front end and a rear end, said fuselage having a starboard side and having a port side opposite said starboard side;
a first wing, said first wing positioned above a second wing;
said first wing having a first wingtip positioned on said starboard side of said fuselage and having a second wingtip positioned on said port side of said fuselage;
said second wing having a first wingtip on said starboard side of said fuselage, and having a second wingtip positioned on said port side of said fuselage;
a first rotor assembly positioned in between a distal end of said first wingtip of said first wing and a distal end of said first wingtip of said second wing;
a second rotor assembly positioned in between a distal end of said second wingtip of said first wing and a distal end of said second wingtip of said second wing;
said first rotor assembly having a first propeller including a plurality of blades projecting radially therearound from respective engagements thereto, said first propeller being engaged with a first motor generator, said plurality of blades extending from said first propeller rotating in a horizontal plane in the same direction, said horizontal plane extending into a gap between said first wing and said second wing; and
said second rotor assembly having a second propeller including a plurality of blades projecting radially therearound from respective engagements thereto, said second propeller being engaged with a second motor generator, said plurality of blades of said second propeller rotating in said horizontal plane in the same direction.