Patents by Inventor Dirk Lucas Eduard DOKTER

Dirk Lucas Eduard DOKTER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode
    Patent number: 10913531
    Abstract: An aircraft, in particular an unmanned aerial vehicle with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode, comprises a wing structure (4) having a left (6), middle (7), and right wing section (8). A support structure extends from the wing structure (4), and has an upper and lower support section. Each one of the left and right wing section (6, 8), and upper and lower support section (18, 20) has a thrust unit (10, 12, 22, 24). Left and right wingtip sections are rotatable relative to a left and right wing base section, respectively, around an axis extending substantially in a lengthwise direction of the wing structure. The thrust units (10,12) of the left and right wing sections(6, 8) are provided at the respective wingtip sections, in particular at the extremities thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ATMOS DAV B.V.
    Inventors: Sander Hulsman, Jurjen De Groot, Maarten Milis, Dirk Lucas Eduard Dokter, Joost Leon Bouman, Ruud Knoops
  • AIRCRAFT WITH WING-BORNE FLIGHT MODE AND HOVER FLIGHT MODE
    Publication number: 20170217585
    Abstract: An aircraft, in particular an unmanned aerial vehicle with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode, comprises a wing structure (4) having a left (6), middle (7), and right wing section (8). A support structure extends from the wing structure (4), and has an upper and lower support section. Each one of the left and right wing section (6, 8), and upper and lower support section (18, 20) has a thrust unit (10, 12, 22, 24). Left and right wingtip sections are rotatable relative to a left and right wing base section, respectively, around an axis extending substantially in a lengthwise direction of the wing structure. The thrust units (10,12) of the left and right wing sections(6, 8) are provided at the respective wingtip sections, in particular at the extremities thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sander HULSMAN, Jurjen DE GROOT, Maarten MILIS, Dirk Lucas Eduard DOKTER, Joost Leon BOUMAN, Ruud KNOOPS