Patent ID: 11866186
Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical take-off and horizontal flight, said aerial vehicle comprising:
a main vehicle body;
one or more electric power sources, said one or more electric power sources coupled to electric motors;
a right side wing, said right side wing comprising three or more right wing rotor assemblies attached to said right side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said right wing rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle covering said deployment mechanism, each of said right wing rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more batteries;
a left side wing, said left side wing comprising three or more left wing rotor assemblies attached to said second left side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle covering said deployment mechanism, each of said left wing rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more batteries;
one or more right side rear rotor assemblies, said right side rear rotor assemblies attached to the aerial vehicle rearward of the trailing edge of said right side wing, said right rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more batteries; and
one or more left side rear rotor assemblies, said left side rear rotor assemblies attached to the aerial vehicle rearward of the trailing edge of said right side wing, said left rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more batteries.