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Aviation
Stories containing inventions related to Aviation, tracing similar ideas across companies and years through patent drawings.
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Companies · Airbus
Repacking the Aircraft Cabin: 8 Airbus Patents That Make Space Do Double Duty
A saddle-like seat, helmet headrest, door-mounted crew seat, stacked sleeping boxes, a stairway deployed only when needed, a seat split between wall and floor, a modular lavatory and a folding flight-deck seat that can take on other jobs: eight Airbus patent drawings that repeatedly repack the same limited cabin volume.
Companies · Honda
Walk, Grasp, Support, Ride, Fly: Honda Patents That Expand Mobility
A hand-holding biped robot, five-finger robot hand, sign-language robot, bodyweight support assist, upper-body assist frame, omnidirectional personal mobility, an automated wheelchair-to-vehicle interface, telepresence robot, a self-moving shopping cart and eVTOL: ten Honda patent drawings that push mobility beyond the car.
Things · Aviation
Ten Flight Patents That Break the Airplane Mold
Jet suits, flapping wings, detachable pods, wing-tip docking and cocoon VTOLs: ten patents that stretch the idea of how people and machines might fly.