Patents Assigned to Hughey Electricopter Corporation
  • Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using a redundant array of independent rotors
    Patent number: 7699260
    Abstract: A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, using for vertical lift and lateral thrust a redundant plurality of essentially similar electrically-powered and electronically-controlled thrust units mounted in a mechanically static or fixed fashion relative to one another in a substantially horizontal plane. The thrust units are situated in this planar array in aerodynamically approximate pairs, such that a complete failure of a single thrust unit would not substantially compromise the ability of the aircraft to maintain flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hughey Electricopter Corporation
    Inventor: Bradley Ward Hughey
  • Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using a redundant array of independent rotors
    Publication number: 20060266881
    Abstract: A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, using for vertical lift and lateral thrust a redundant plurality of essentially similar electrically-powered and electronically-controlled thrust units mounted in a mechanically static or fixed fashion relative to one another in a substantially horizontal plane. The thrust units are situated in this planar array in aerodynamically approximate pairs, such that a complete failure of a single thrust unit would not substantially compromise the ability of the aircraft to maintain flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Hughey Electricopter Corporation
    Inventor: Bradley Hughey