Patent ID: 7874512

Claim:
A vehicle capable of air and road travel, wherein the vehicle is adaptable to a flying configuration and a road configuration, the vehicle comprising: a fuselage having a front end, a rear end, a top side, a bottom side; a wing component having a plurality of wings including a first wing and a second wing, the first wing being characterized by a span direction and a chord direction, the first wing and the second wing being on top of the fuselage, and the first wing and second wing are overlapping vertically in both road and flying configurations, the first wing has a round leading edge and a trailing edge with an acute angle, the first wing remains perpendicular to a longitudinal vertical plane of the vehicle in the flying configuration, the second wing remains perpendicular to the longitudinal vertical plane of the vehicle in the flying configuration, at least one wing comprises one or more ailerons; a connecting component at an approximate center of the fuselage for coupling the wing component and the fuselage, the connecting component being able to pivot on the fuselage to accommodate a relative rotation between the first wing and the fuselage; a plurality of wheels coupled to the bottom side of the fuselage, the plurality of wheels including a front wheel and a rear wheel; a first propulsion component providing propelling force having a direction essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage; wherein: the span direction of the first wing is substantially perpendicular to the fuselage and is substantially parallel to the second wing in the flying configuration; the span direction of the first wing of the wing is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage in the road configuration.