Patent ID: 11939051
Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. An aircraft comprising:
a port stacked propeller including a first pair of co-rotating propellers coupled to a wing or a first wing boom;
a starboard stacked propeller including a second pair of co-rotating propellers coupled to the wing or a second wing boom;
a fuselage coupled to the wing;
a first motor configured to rotate a first propeller and a second propeller of the first pair of co-rotating propellers in a first mode of operation, the first propeller of the first pair of co-rotating propellers protruding from or flushed with a first duct and the second propeller of the first pair of co-rotating propellers being encapsulated by the first duct; and
a second motor configured to rotate a first propeller and a second propeller of the second pair of co-rotating propellers in a second mode of operation, the first propeller of the second pair of co-rotating propellers protruding from or flushed with a second duct and the second propeller of the second pair of co-rotating propellers being encapsulated by the second duct.