Patent 9156550 was granted and assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America on October, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A dual channel wing for an aircraft, comprising an inboard and an outboard portion, wherein each portion comprises a channel wing section. Each channel may include a propulsor and the propulsors of each of the channels may be offset relative to one another in the chordwise direction of the wing. The wing may be foldable upon itself about a chordwise axis such that the inboard and outboard channels overlap. At least one dual channel wing may also be located on an aerocar.