Patents by Inventor Kevin Ricardo Van Der Beek

Kevin Ricardo Van Der Beek 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).

  • Fly/drive vehicle that is convertible between a road riding condition and a flying condition
    Patent number: 11413918
    Abstract: A fly/drive vehicle has a road riding condition and a flying condition, and is easily convertible between the road riding condition and the flying condition. The vehicle includes a body with a passenger compartment and a drive compartment, at least one steered wheel and at least one driven wheel, and a propulsion propeller. The propulsion propeller has a central propeller base projecting outside a longitudinal end of the vehicle, and two propeller blades hinged to the central base. In the flying condition, the propeller blades are in an operative spread-out position, in which they extend substantially in line with each other substantially perpendicular to the propeller's rotation axis. In the road riding condition, the propeller blades are hinged about substantially vertical hinge axes to be directed more parallel to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: PAL-V IP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Alwin William Stekelenburg, Hans Joore, Christiaan Cornelius Klok, Louis Petrus Valentijn Marie Van Rijn, Kevin Ricardo Van Der Beek, Erik Van De Ruit
  • Fly/Drive Vehicle That Is Convertible Between A Road Riding Condition And A Flying Condition
    Publication number: 20200055358
    Abstract: A fly/drive vehicle has a road riding condition and a flying condition, and is easily convertible between the road riding condition and the flying condition. The vehicle includes a body with a passenger compartment and a drive compartment, at least one steered wheel and at least one driven wheel, and a propulsion propeller. The propulsion propeller has a central propeller base projecting outside a longitudinal end of the vehicle, and two propeller blades hinged to the central base. In the flying condition, the propeller blades are in an operative spread-out position, in which they extend substantially in line with each other substantially perpendicular to the propeller's rotation axis. In the road riding condition, the propeller blades are hinged about substantially vertical hinge axes to be directed more parallel to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Alwin William Stekelenburg, Hans Joore, Christiaan Cornelius Klok, Louis Petrus Valentijn Marie Van Rijn, Kevin Ricardo Van Der Beek, Erik Van De Ruit