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8172172 |
Wing tip docking system for aircraft
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
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8100362 |
Cockpit and aircraft including such cockpit
A cockpit and an aircraft including such cockpit. The cockpit includes a front section of an aircraft. Such cockpit includes a pressure bulkhead sealing the section and a pressurization system for...
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8061646 |
Wing tip docking system for aircraft
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
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7967238 |
Composite air vehicle having a heavier-than-air vehicle tethered to a lighter-than-air vehicle
A system including a heavier-than-air vehicle (HTA), a lighter-than-air vehicle (LTA), and a tether is disclosed. The tether is coupled between the HTA and the LTA such that the LTA supports the...
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7959104 |
Flying device with improved movement on the ground
The invention relates to a flying device which can efficiently move in the air by aerodynamic forces and by direct force transmission on the ground, without the need for independent drive and...
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7946530 |
Modular adaptive configured helicopter
A method and apparatus for a composite helicopter comprising a rotary wing parent vehicle with various modular cabins detachable therefrom to facilitate various configuration aircraft platforms,...
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7938358 |
Roadable aircraft with folding wings and integrated bumpers and lighting
A low-wing, low-span canard aircraft with a protected pusher-style propeller is designed to transition simply between use in the air and use on the ground, without any mechanical effort on the part...
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7931230 |
Personal land and air vehicle
A vehicle (1) for riding on land and flying in air comprises: a cabin (2) with wheels (3, 4), the cabin (2) being designed for accommodating at least one person, a rotor (40) having a rotor axle...
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7874512 |
System and method for a flyable and roadable vehicle
System and method for a flyable and roadable vehicle. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a vehicle capable of air and road travel. The vehicle is adaptable to a flying...
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7815144 |
Ground air water craft
A vehicle that can operate as either a motorcycle or an autogiro, said vehicle having a flight mode and a motorcycle mode, said vehicle comprising: a frame having a front part and a rear part;a...
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7776295 |
Flying apparatus and method for removing harmful gases from the atmosphere
An apparatus for removing harmful gas components out of the earth's atmosphere is a free-flying autonomous lightweight aircraft with an onboard gas processing system including gas separation or...
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7681832 |
Ducted fan air vehicle with deployable wings
A ducted fan air vehicle and method of operation is disclosed for obtaining aerodynamic lift and efficiency in forward flight operation without significantly impacting hover stability. One or more...
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7530527 |
Method and device for launching aerial vehicles
A heavier-than-air air vehicle, particularly a long endurance, solar powered, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) intended for “perpetual” flight within the stratosphere, is carried to its ope...
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7515999 |
Method and means for piloting control of a forward-moving vehicle
A method of control and a means for control for a vehicle constructed by temporarily integrating a conventionally controlled motorcycle and a fixed wing flight device. The method includes a means...
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7357352 |
Air vehicle assembly and an associated control system and method
An air vehicle assembly and a corresponding method for launching an air vehicle assembly are provided, along with corresponding control systems and methods. The air vehicle assembly may include a...
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7300019 |
Multimodal, deployable vehicle
A multimodal vehicle includes a ground based vehicle with an attached high-capacity airfoil parachute for deployment. The ground based vehicle includes a drive system for use on either land, water...
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7281682 |
Spacecraft and launch system
A spacecraft system for achieving LEO and beyond includes a lifting body spacecraft, and an acceleration bed unit for accelerating the spacecraft horizontally on a runway to liftoff. The rocket...
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7252264 |
Flying sailboat
A vehicle adapted for airborne flight and waterborne sailing has a fuselage (20) with left and right wings (52, 54) that pivot independently about a respective longitudinal axis from a generally...
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7131613 |
High-altitude launching of rockets lifted by helium devices and platforms with rotatable wings
A system is disclosed for lifting a rocket into the upper atmosphere and establishing forward flight at several hundred miles per hour, before the rocket engines are ignited and the rocket is...
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7073749 |
High altitude reconnaissance vehicle
An airship deployment system comprises an airship of unique shape having laminar flow over this shape to enable low power propulsion, capable remote control, comprising an inflatable body; a...
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6978969 |
Fly-drive vehicle
A fly-drive vehicle is disclosed including a vehicle body, a motor mounted on the vehicle body, at least one rotor rotatably attached to the vehicle body, a pair of wheels each rotatably attached...
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6938852 |
Flying craft tethered to powered water vehicle
A flying vehicle assembly apparatus comprises a winged flying craft and a powered craft for propelling the flying craft and a tether assembly comprising one or more first rigid struts having a...
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6926226 |
Composite combination for launching a payload into space
A composite combination for launching a payload into space including a hypersonic spacecraft carrying the payload and a carrier aircraft, the spacecraft design to take off from the ground on the...
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6877690 |
Combination powered parachute and motorcycle
A combination powered parachute and motorcycle modifies an initially conventional motorcycle with the addition of various flight components to provide sustained flight for the machine. A peripheral...
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6869042 |
System for airborne launch of an aircraft from a larger carrier aircraft
A system for launching, refuelling and recovering in flight an aircraft (10) such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a larger carrier aircraft (16) comprising a holder (22) on the carrier...
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6848647 |
METHODS OF BUOYANT AND/OR SEMI-BUOYANT (BASB) VEHICLES UTILIZING BASB IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRESSURIZED FLUID STREAM JET (PJET) AND VARIOUSLY SHAPED BODIES, WINGS, OUTRIGGERS, AND PROPULSION/REPULSION CONFIGURATIONS
A method wherein a vehicle is capable of movement on or over land, and/or on, over, or under water. Various body, wing, tail, and/or outrigger shapes facilitate movement and develop lift. Buoyancy...
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6845937 |
Survivable and reusable launch vehicle
A reusable, mach-velocity mobile platform delivers a weapons payload via vertical launch, powerless glide, weapons release, and landing operation phases. The platform includes a generally tubular...
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6824095 |
VSTOL vehicle
A VSTOL vehicle including a fuselage with two pairs of ducted rotors fully enclosed fore and aft of the fuselage respectively. The fuselage is aerodynamically shaped to generate lift in forward...
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6786450 |
Rapidly-convertible roadable aircraft
A pusher canard aircraft convertible for road use. Canard outer sections are removable and are stored within the aircraft fuselage and the outer main wing sections rotate horizontally for storage...
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6776373 |
Aircraft escape cabin
An Aircraft Escape (AEC) is designed for manned atmospheric or space vehicles having a fly away capability at any time during the flight of the parent aircraft. The AEC houses the crew, passengers,...
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6745977 |
Flying car
A vehicle is in the general shape of a land vehicle, such as a car, but has a plurality of rotors so the vehicle is capable of flight in the manner of a VTOL or a helicopter. The vehicle has foot...
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6663045 |
Method and apparatus for actuating an aircraft nose portion
A method and apparatus for actuating an aircraft nose portion. The aircraft can have a longitudinal axis and a pitch axis generally transverse to the longitudinal axis. The fuselage can include a...
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6641082 |
Aircraft ferrying system and method thereof
The invention is a system for ferrying at least one aircraft by a ferrying aircraft, the at least one aircraft and ferrying aircraft having vehicle management systems. In detail, the invention...
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6619584 |
Road/air vehicle
A road/air vehicle is able to quickly and easily convert between two configurations, air configuration and road configuration, to facilitate practical operation as both an aircraft and as an...
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6616092 |
Reusable flyback rocket booster and method for recovering same
According to one embodiment of the invention, a rocket booster for launching a payload into space includes a fuselage adapted to support one or more fuel tanks inside the fuselage and a booster...
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6615116 |
Method and apparatus for communicating between an aircraft and an associated store
A signal conditioning system for translating communications between an aircraft and an associated store includes a store umbilical element that electrically and mechanically couples the aircraft...
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6612522 |
Flyback booster with removable rocket propulsion module
A flyback booster (200) comprising an aircraft (203) housing a launch vehicle stage as a removable rocket propulsion module (502) and several space launch vehicles using variations of the flyback...
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6556895 |
Method for transfer alignment of an inertial measurement unit in the presence of unknown aircraft measurements delays
A method for velocity match transfer alignment between a carrier vehicle and a carried vehicle. The method includes repeatedly measuring a velocity difference between the carrier vehicle and the...
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6543715 |
Aerospace system
An aerospace system, which comprises a carrier aircraft, a launch vehicle and a payload. The launch vehicle with liquid fuel propulsion units is placed inside a fuselage of the carrier aircraft...
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6533221 |
Device for supporting a payload in a launch vehicle of said payload
The invention concerns a launch vehicle comprising a shroud (1a, 5a) supporting auxiliary propellers (2, 3) applying in operation excess flow of stresses to the shroud (1a, 5a), said device...
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6517026 |
Vertical take-off and landing vehicle for land, water and air transport
The present invention relates to a vehicle for land and air transport and, more specifically, to a vertical take-off and landing vehicle for land, water and air transport which is submersible and...
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6508435 |
Method for controlling an aerospace system to put a payload into an orbit
Aerospace technology, in particular, methods for orbital injection of payloads (communication satellites, monitoring satellites, etc.) into low and medium earth orbits with the aid of aerospace...
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6457670 |
Counter rotating ducted fan flying vehicle
A flying vehicle having a pair of counter rotating propeller blades which provide lift for the vehicle when the vehicle is in a flight mode of operation. The counter rotating blades have in flight...
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6446905 |
Janus reusable spacecraft system
A reusable spacecraft system having two substantially identically reusable return flight space vehicles, one of which is preferably a booster and the other an orbiter, each of which have identical...
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6360994 |
Configurable space launch system
A configurable space launch system of multiple different vehicle configurations that use a common reusable spaceplane and cost effective external tanks is presented. Each vehicle configuration in...
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6224012 |
Roadable aircraft combined vehicle for practical use
A vehicle that combines the freedom and swiftness of flight with the utility of surface travel. A simple, light weight, safe and stable conveyance with positive yaw-roll coupling, special safety...
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6193187 |
Payload carry and launch system
The reusable space launch system has a first stage vehicle or aerospacecraft, a second stage vehicle or reusable spacecraft and a third stage vehicle or reusable orbit transfercraft. All the stages...
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6158693 |
Recoverable booster stage and recovery method
A recoverable/reusable booster stage has a restartable center liquid-fueled rocket engine mounted in the aft portion of a vehicle body in alignment with the center axis of the body. The booster...
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6142414 |
Rotor--aerostat composite aircraft
A composite aircraft comprising an aerostat containing a lighter than air gas, and a rotor assembly mounted to and below the aerostat, via an axle. The aerostat provides buoyancy to lift the weight...
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6138943 |
Foldable ascending/descending wing stand for flying apparatus
A fordable ascending/descending wing stand for a flying apparatus is disclosed. The wind stand includes a base supported on a car by a number of supporting rods. A frame is mounted on the base,...
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