Invention Application
- Patent Title: FOLDING PROPELLER
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Application No.: US16345096Application Date: 2017-10-23
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Publication No.: US20190256193A1Publication Date: 2019-08-22
- Inventor: Stefan Klein , Douglas MacAndrew , Simon Rooms , Tomas Urik , Milos Daniel
- Applicant: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
- Applicant Address: SK Bratislava
- Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
- Current Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
- Current Assignee Address: SK Bratislava
- Priority: EP16195552.1 20161025
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/077021 WO 20171023
- Main IPC: B64C11/28
- IPC: B64C11/28 ; B64C37/00 ; B60F5/02

Abstract:
An aircraft, such as a flying car, comprising a body structure, lift structures (such as wings), control structures (such as fins, elevators, and ailerons), and a motor; a propeller connected to the motor and mounted for rotation about a drive axis to provide thrust; the propeller comprising a hub having a plurality of blades connected thereto; and a plurality of blade housings adjacent the propeller and extending substantially parallel to the drive axis; wherein the blades are mounted on the hub so as to be moveable between an expanded position in which the blades project radially from the hub, and a folded position in which each blade extends axially from the hub so as to lie in a respective blade housing.
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