Patent US-1910-1206680

Heavier-than-air ; arrange weight of craft including passengers and fuel below the wings, for stability ("superposed supporting surfaces"); main frame ; wing tips ; coiled springs ; crank arm ; Aerocar may have lived a while, but maybe these are two companies: http://www.patentfish.com/aerocar-corp.html

• Tech classifications CPC B64C17/00 Aircraft stabilisation not otherwise provided for, CPC Y10T24/44803 Resilient gripping member having coiled portion
• Inventor location: Dennis: Far Rockaway, NY; Bretton: Long Island City, NY (FIPSloc=36061 or FIPSloc=36081, imputed by HistPat)
• Assignee: American Aerocar Holding Corporation, of Richmond Hill, New York
• Patent agent C. C. Hines was a witness here, but may not have been on the patent agency team

Sources

• Patent 1206680 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
• Patent 1206680 at google patents

Year filed	1910
Year granted	1916
Office	US
Patent number	1206680
Inventors	William E. Dennis, Harry S. Bretton
Inventor country	US, US
Inventor location
Applicant person	William E. Dennis, Harry S. Bretton
Applicant firm	American Aerocar Holding Corp.
Applicant type	COMPANY+INDIV
Applicant is inventor?	1
Original title	Flying-machine
English title	Flying-machine
Tech fields	frame, fuselage, overall design
Filing date	1910-08-26
Full specification filed date
Application number	1910579114
Grant date	1916-11-28
Granted?	1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft?	1
Serial number	579114
Patent agent	Hines? Jones?
Assigned to	American Aerocar Holding Corp.
National tech categories	USPC 244/80, USPC 24/549
IPCs
CPCs	CPC B64C17/00, CPC Y10T24/44803
Family year	1910
First filing?	1
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID	47827879
INPADOC family ID	43938824
Number of text pages	7
Number of diagram pages	5
Number of figures	6
Number of claims	22