Hovering gyro aircraft
CA 2348217 A1 · Owner: Carter, Jay W. Jr. · Inventors: Carter, Jay W. Jr.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A fixed wing rotorcraft uses differential thrust between wing mounted propellers, to provide counter torque when the rotor is being powered by a power source. The, rotorcraft is comprised of s fuselage to which fixed wings are attached. A rotor is, attached on an upper side of the fuselage and provides lift at low speeds while the wings, provide a majority of the lift at high speeds. When at high speeds the rotor may be slowed, to reduce advancing tip speed and retreating blade stall. Forward thrust and counter, torque is provided by propellers mounted on either side of the fuselage or even on the, wings.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 22, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 22, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 22, 2023.
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