Patent US-1911-1011354

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  • For biplanes to make them for practical purposes self-balancing
  • The main body of the apparatus comprises a biplane with a substantially central backbone, in which the propeller is mounted in an adjustable manner at the front of the body, and vertical and horizontal rudders arranged at the end (tail?) of the backbone, and horizontal balancing planes arranged at <certain positions> of the body and connected with an automatically operating adjusting mechanism connected with the main body or backbone in such a way that there may be a relative movement of the adjusting mechanism as the body tilts sidewise in order to adjust the balancing planes correspondingly.
  • Tech classifications: CPC B64C17/00 Aircraft stabilisation not otherwise provided for
  • Litchfield of Rosalia, in the county of Whitman and State of Washington (FIPSloc=53053, imputed by HistPat)
  • McKay of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington (FIPSloc=53053, imputed by HistPat)
  • both citizens of the United States
  • Diagram pages (3)

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Year filed 1911
Year granted 1911
Office US
Patent number 1011354
Inventors Charles T. Litchfield, Ralph D. McKay
Inventor country US, US
Applicant person Charles T. Litchfield, Ralph D. McKay
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? 1
Original title Self-balancing aeroplane
English title Self-balancing aeroplane
Tech fields balance, equilibrium, aeroplane
Filing date 1911-05-15
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Application number 1911627275
Grant date 1911-12-12
Granted? 1
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Related to aircraft? Yes
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National tech categories USPC 244/80
IPCs IPC B64C17/00
CPCs CPC B64C17/00
Family year 1911
First filing? 1
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47491210
INPADOC family ID 43964734
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