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Wright Brothers' Patents

The following is a list of patents awarded to Orville and/or Wilbur Wright by the United States Patent Office. To view the patent, please click on the Patent No.

Patent No. 821,393(PDF)

Flying Machine
Construction and Design of 1902 Glider
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Filed March 23, 1903
Granted May 22, 1906

Patent No. 1,075,533(PDF)

Flying Machine
Automatic Stabilizer
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Filed February 10, 1908
Granted October 14, 1913

Patent No. 987,662(PDF)

Flying Machine
Yaw Control
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Filed February 17, 1908
Granted March 21, 1911

Patent No. 1,122,348(PDF)

Flying Machine
Vertical Rudders
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Filed February 17, 1908
Granted December 29, 1914

Patent No. 908,929(PDF)

Mechanism for Flexing the Rudder of a Flying Machine
Horizontal Rudder
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Filed July 15, 1908
Granted January 5, 1909

Patent No. 1.504,663(PDF)

Airplane
Split Flap
Orville Wright and James W. Jacobs
Filed May 31, 1921
Granted August 12, 1924

Patent No. 1,523,989(PDF)

Toy
Type of toy in which and object was projected through the air and caused to be engaged and supported by a swinging bar
Orville Wright
Filed November 10, 1923
Granted January 20, 1925