US 12,330,798 B2
Flat plate airfoil platform vehicle
Galen J. Suppes, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to Adam Suppes, Chicago, IL (US); and The Suppes Family Trust, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/795,612
Filed by THE SUPPES FAMILY TRUST, Columbia, MO (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/016392
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/225651, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Application PCT/US2020/036936 is a division of application No. 16/783,319, filed on Feb. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,186,367.
Application 17/795,612 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/036936, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,151, filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,273, filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,278, filed on May 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,362, filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071482 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 3/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 20/70 (2023.01); B64U 30/12 (2023.01); B64U 30/297 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/293 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 3/00 (2013.01) [B64U 20/70 (2023.01); B64U 30/297 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/12 (2023.01); B64U 30/293 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lifting body surface, said lifting body surface pivotally connected to a propulsion means through a pivoting connection, the connection pivoting about a later axis, in a front 25% of said lifting body surface;
said lifting body surface comprising a sheet, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an average chord length, two sides, an average span between said sides, and a distributed load;
wherein the average chord length is greater than the average span, and
wherein the lifting body surface is configured to operate as a flat plate airfoil.