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Patent No.:

US 10589857 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2015

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Alfredo Criado, Barcelona, ES;

Grzegorz M. Kawiecki, Madrid, ES;

Omar Valero, Las Palmas, ES;

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Primary Examiner:

John Olszewski

Assistant Examiner:

Gerrad A Foster

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B64C 39/10 (2006.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 39/10 (2013.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01); G06K 9/00637 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); B64C 2201/028 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); Y02T 50/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle adapted for hover and short/vertical take-off and landing (S/VTOL) is disclosed. The vehicle comprises: a body having an aspect-ratio less than two and having therein a payload volume, at least one propeller located forward of the body, at least one rudder. The body may have an inverse Zimmerman planform which provides lift as air flows across the body in horizontal flight/fixed wing mode, and further adapted such that during hover and/or short/vertical take-off and landing (S/VTOL) the vehicle operates as a rotorcraft with the body oriented with the at least one propeller substantially above the body. The vehicle is suited to a method of inspection, such as power line inspection where large distances can be analysed efficiently by flying in fixed wing mode, but by transitioning to hover mode allows detailed inspection of selected areas.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Criado, Alfredo. (2020). Unmanned aerial vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 10589857). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10589857

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