Humans always wanted to fly! In this blog we go back a century and see how humans started their quest to fly from human-flying machines to more advanced flying carriers of today. Enjoy the collection of patents from 1867 to till today and witness the evolution.
Contributor: Rajat Grover
List of patents covered in this article:
- September 10, 1867
- F. QUINBY, QF DELAWARE
US68789A – Improved flying apparatus
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- October 5, 1869
- F. QUINSY, OP DELAWABE
US95513A – Improvement in flying machines
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- October 8, 1872
WATSON F. QUINBY, OP DELAWARE
US132022A – Improvement in flying apparatus
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- March 12, 1878
US201200A – Improvement in flying machines
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- March 5, 1889
US398984A – Flying -4Machine
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- May 22, 1906
WRIGHT ORVILLE; WRIGHT WILBUR
US821393A – Flying –machine
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- June 29, 1909
WILSON JOHN HOLMES
US926159A – Flying machine
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- December 10, 1912
STUBBLEFIELD BERNARD B
US1046895A – Flying machine
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- April 17, 1923
US1451830A – Aerial train
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- April 15, 1930
BERGMAN AXEL G
US1754977A – Vertical-rising airplane
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- April 16, 1935
MARTIN JELALIAN
US1997906A – Vertically reciprocating winged naval dirigible airship
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- August 13, 1949
TUTTLE GEORGE
US2481799A – Aircraft with beating wings and tiltable propellers
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- September 20, 1960
Robertson Arthur C, Stuart Iii Joseph, Wagner Robert A
US2953321A – Vertical take-off flying platform
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- March 3, 1970
ERNST ALFRED
US3498574A – FLUTTERING WING AERIAL PROPELLED APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR CARRYING A MAN
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- November 14, 1972
Faget Maxime A
US3702688A – SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE AND SYSTEM
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- November 4, 1975
OGURI YOSHIYUKI
US3917195A – VERTICAL/SHORT TAKE OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT
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- February 17, 1976
BASTIDE; PAUL
US3938759A – Special aircraft using a novel integrated lift, propulsion and steering system
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- August 27, 1985
BUTTS; DENNIS D.
US4537373A – Air vehicle having driven wheels and ducted fans
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- November 30, 1993
Heinz A. Gerhardt
US5265827A – Paddle wheel rotorcraft
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- September 17, 2002
HOLBEN BILL
US6450446B1 – Counter rotating circular wing for aircraft
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- November 3, 2005
GIANNAKOPOULOS PAVLOS
US20050242240A1 – Aircraft with a detachable passenger escape cabin
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- July 3, 2012
Hans Gygax
US8210466B2 – Light plane in the ultralight category and sport plane category
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- May 16, 2013
Willy-Pierre Dupont
US20130119203A1 – AIRCRAFT CABIN ENABLING PASSENGERS TO BE RECEIVED ON SEVERAL LEVELS AND CORRESPONDING