Patent US-1917-1271896

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This is an odd case. It is quite likely LTA, though it emphasizes blades situated within its main cylinder, a specifically open-ended tube. There is repeated emphasis on these characteristics. That traditional LTA principles were likely employed in the aircraft's outer layers seems to have been assumed.


  • Inventor location: Henderson, Colorado

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Year filed 1917
Year granted 1918
Office US
Patent number 1271896
Inventors Robert A. Higgins
Inventor country US
Applicant person Robert A. Higgins
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Aircraft
English title Aircraft, with an emphasis on cylindrical design
Tech fields design, propellers
Filing date 1917/11/26
Full specification filed date
Application number 20394017
Grant date 1918/07/09
Granted? Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? 1
Serial number 203940
Patent agent
Assigned to
National tech categories
IPCs
CPCs CPC B64C11/001
Family year 1917
First filing? Yes
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47943438
INPADOC family ID 44320725
Number of text pages 2
Number of diagram pages 2
Number of figures 4
Number of claims 12