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7611091 High speed vertical take-off and land aircraft with active fan balancing system  
A high-speed vertical take-off and land aircraft includes a body with an engine supported by the body. A fan assembly is also carried by the body. The fan assembly includes a hub and a plurality of...
7584924 High speed vertical take-off and land aircraft with active fan balancing system  
A high-speed vertical take-off and land aircraft includes a body with an engine supported by the body. A fan assembly is also carried by the body. The fan assembly includes a hub and a plurality of...
7556218 Aerodynamic lifting device and airborne craft  
An airborne craft is provided comprising an aerodynamic lifting device having a radial drum fan with an operating region intermediate the power loading (“y”) asymptotic region and the disc...
7497759 Directionally controllable, self-stabilizing, rotating flying vehicle  
A rotating flying vehicle in accordance to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hub having an outer perimeter, an outer ring having a diameter greater than the outer perimeter, a...
7410123 Aircraft and hybrid with magnetic airfoil suspension and drive  
An aircraft is disclosed that comprises a fuselage with first and second wings non-rotatably secured to and extending from sides of the fuselage. Inner and outer tracks are secured to and encircle...
7407132 Method of steering aircraft by moving the stagnation point and aircraft using the method  
An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are...
7294036 Flying disc  
A circular planform wing includes a contiguous thin central plate having top and bottom surfaces. An outer annular rim encompasses the central plate. The rim has a lower edge defining a lower plane...
7255623 Self-stabilizing rotating toy  
A rotating toy may then include a hub having a central axis and a lower portion; a plurality of counter rotating blades extending outwardly from the lower portion of the hub, the plurality of...
7147183 Lift system for an aerial crane and propulsion system for a vehicle  
The present invention provides an improved lift system for an aerial crane incorporating a wing, coanda and curved surface. The arrangement of the wing, coanda and curved surface use and induce...
7032859 Counter rotating ducted fan having a permanent magnet drive  
A counter rotating ducted fan having a permanent magnet drive. comprising a ducted housing having an iron core stator and a pair of counter rotating propeller blades rotationally mounted on a...
6969027 Vertical takeoff and landing apparatus  
A vertical takeoff and landing apparatus is excellent in the maneuverability and postural stability of its airframe, serves to protect a pilot from an impact when landing, and can make extremely...
6932296 Cycloidal VTOL UAV  
A system and method for moving an aerial vehicle along a flight path includes rotatable hubs mounted on opposite sides of the vehicle. Elongated airfoils are mounted on the hubs parallel to a...
6708920 Air vehicle  
Disclosed is an air vehicle (Z) comprising a vehicle body ( 1 ); hollow fan ducts ( 3 A- 3 D) supported to and elongating through the vehicle body at least at its foreside and rear-side locations,...
6698685 Circular vertical take off and landing aircraft  
A circular VTOL aircraft with a central vertically mounted jet or rocket engine 7 , (or engines) having below vertical thrust vents 14 at cardinal points, together with a jet/rocket engine 20 ...
6672539 Power generation system  
A power generation system comprises an internal housing. The housing has a top portion, a bottom portion and a peripheral sidewall. An external housing is provided. The housing is coupled to and...
6666404 Tripodal modular unmanned rotorcraft  
Conventional rotorcraft are required to provide a significant amount of anti-torque movement to offset the torque created by the rotor and the right-angle gearbox coupling the rotor to the engine....
6666403 Force-producing apparatus  
A force-generating device employing a flared body and a surrounding shroud to define a duct of axially diminishing flow area defining a nozzle for accelerating and directing the discharge of a...
6588701 Unmanned mobile device  
A remotely-controlled unmanned mobile device (UMD) adapted to function as a robot scout to enter and reconnoiter the site of a disaster and to communicate to a rescue mission information regarding...
6575401 Vertical-lift and horizontal flight aircraft  
A vertical-lift and horizontal flight aircraft, which can be operated in a horizontal flight mode, as soon as ground clearance is made. And, because of its unique design is very stable in flight,...
6575402 Cooling system for a hybrid aircraft  
A cooling system for a hybrid aircraft includes an inlet which extends through the body to communicate airflow to a powerplant subsystem and out through an exhaust within a rotor duct. In a hover...
6572053 Flying vehicle of inverse sustentation (FVIS)  
The Flying Vehicle of Inverse Sustentation (FVIS) is an air transport unit for passengers and cargo. The vehicle comprises a main flow generating unit to burn a mixture of fuel and air and produce...
6565038 Supersonic propellers for aircrafts  
The present invention provides one pair or two pairs of horizontal propellers incorporated on the two opposite sides of an aircraft, which propellers by their rotating external blades create...
6561456 Vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft  
An aircraft is provided having a fuselage and a pair of main wings. Each main wing includes a lift fan segment, a generally circular duct defined within the lift fan segment and a fan mounted...
6547180 Impeller-powered vertical takeoff and descent aircraft  
A vertical take-off and vertical descent aircraft having a vertically extending main air duct extending through the body and having an air inlet at the top and a number of air outlets at the...
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...
6450446 Counter rotating circular wing for aircraft  
The present invention herein is a disc shaped wing comprised two disc segments, an inner disc assembly and an outer disc assembly, that counter-rotate to enable vertical take off and landing. The...
6450445 Stabilizing control apparatus for robtic or remotely controlled flying platform  
A robotic or remotely controlled flying platform ( 10 ) with reduced drag stabilizing control apparatus constructed having an air duct ( 12 ) with an air intake ( 14 ) on the top and an exhaust (...
6402088 Passenger vehicle employing a circumferentially disposed rotatable thrust assembly  
A vertical take-off and landing vehicle that employs a thrust assembly, a fuselage, and an intermediate rotation decoupling interface assembly for rotationally decoupling the thrust assembly from...
6404089 Electrodynamic field generator  
This device is a brushless high-voltage electrical generator, requiring suitable means of input rotary torque, for purposes of producing a very-high-energy external electrodynamic field or...
6398159 Arial disk  
An aircraft comprising a body and a plurality of disks rotatably coupled to the body. The disks may be configured to (i) rotate in the same or different directions, (ii) rotate at similar and/or...
6382560 High speed vertical take-off and land aircraft  
A high-speed vertical take-off and land (HSVTOL) aircraft includes a disk-shaped fuselage wit a rotatable fan having a nozzle ring driven by hot jet gasses and fan air from jet engines. Feed ducts...
6375117 Flying vehicle and method  
A vertically ascending flying vehicle and method. The flying vehicle consists of a body, which may be in the shape of a saucer or an airfoil, and an engine located above the body. The engine...
6371406 Progressive 3-axis multi-variable propulsion vectoring aerial and spacecraft vehicle  
The present embodiments and associated methods provide for a progressive 3-axis multi-variable propulsion vectoring aerial and spaceborne vehicle. One embodiment of the vehicle is comprised of top...
6367739 Compound exhaust system  
A compound exhaust system including two or more stages, preferably three, uses the force of exhaust gases traveling from a thrust generating source through the exhaust system to maximize thrust and...
6308912 Rotorcraft  
An aircraft having a frame (1) and at least a rotor (2a, 2b) for providing lift for the aircraft. The aircraft comprises elements for accommodation purposes. Furthermore, solar cells (5) are...
6302229 Air cushion transport vehicle and method for controlling same  
The invention concerns a transport vehicle, comprised of a transport unit and a propulsion unit. The propulsion unit comprises a pressure housing with a plurality of radial turbine wheels arranged...
6270036 Blown air lift generating rotating airfoil aircraft  
A rotating airfoil aircraft utilizing blown air from a centrifugal fan located at its center to produce lift by causing airflow to travel over the upper surface of the airfoil and outwardly and...
6254032 Aircraft and method for operating an aircraft  
The aircraft comprises a central cabin, which is located in the center of a circular wing. Several pivotal electric drive units are arranged in a gap between the central cabin and the circular...
6113029 Aircraft capable of hovering and conventional flight  
Vertical lift in an aircraft is produced by driving a column of air downwardly, through an annular thrust-flow channel which is formed in the body (fuselage) of the aircraft. The aircraft also has...
6086016 Gyro stabilized triple mode aircraft  
A triple mode aircraft which can take off as a helicopter, or in gyrocopter mode with no power to the rotors or as a conventional aircraft obtaining lift from a circular wing and in another...
6073881 Aerodynamic lift apparatus  
A lift apparatus using the method of blowing air over the upper surface of the apparatus to generate lift by virtue of the balance of outside pressures against the body of the apparatus. It does...
6068219 Single surface multi axis aircraft control  
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an aerodynamic control device for integrated use with an aircraft having an inboard lifting member. The inboard lifting member having a...
6062508 Compound aircraft  
A lift rotor assembly for a compound aircraft having a fuselage, including at least one circular disk structure with a plurality of bladelets spaced peripherally thereabout, a drive shaft coupled...
6053451 Remote-control flight vehicle structure  
A remote-control flight vehicle structure includes an inner housing fixedly mounted, an outer housing rotatably mounted on the inner housing along a vertical axis thereof, an annular wing fixedly...
6050520 Vertical take off and landing aircraft  
An aircraft for vertical take off and landing is comprised of a rotor assembly mounted on a rotating drive shaft extending from the top of a cabin. The rotor assembly is comprised of a...
6016991 Evacuated rotating envelope aircraft  
An aircraft utilizes a buoyant evacuated rotating envelope to provide at least a portion of the lift required. The rotating envelope may be in the form of a disk, cylinder or other suitable shape....
5971321 Body lift airplane assembly  
A body lift airplane assembly including 1) a main air lift body assembly of substantial length and width; 2) a landing gear/wheel assembly retractably connected to the main air lift body assembly;...
5895011 Turbine airfoil lifting device  
A turbine airfoil unit is described which enables an aircraft to ascend and descend vertically. Multiple turbine airfoil units may be arranged within a large disk-like structure and thereby...
5881970 Levity aircraft design  
An aircraft with automated means to transport. Spherical or one of its segments, without airfoils for lift or guidance. Means for flight are housed within the aircraft. The outer-most sureface is...
5873545 Combined flying machine  
A combined flying machine comprises a fuselage (1) in the form of a central hick wing with a vertical open tunnel (2), in which there is mounted a lifting rotor (4). Said machine is also provided...
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