Patent ID: 11932428
Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. A rotary-wing, hover-capable aircraft, comprising:
an airframe comprising an outer surface that comprises at least one first recess formed therein;
a first rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the airframe and comprising at least one first rotor blade;
a motor assembly coupled to the first rotor assembly and configured to rotate the at least one first rotor blade; an
a thrust vectoring assembly comprising an annular gimbal assembly having a receptacle that receives the motor assembly whereby the motor assembly is permitted to pivot relative to the airframe about a pair of orthogonal axes;
wherein the first rotor blade comprises a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration that is circumferentially spaced from the stowed configuration about a first pivot axis, and wherein the first rotor blade is at least partially received in the first recess of the airframe when in the stowed configuration.