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Patent No.:

US 10723189 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2017

Personal transportation devices having a driving configuration and a flying configuration

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Tang, Nanjing, CN;

Chelsia Ka Po Lau, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

James Yu-Hsin Kuo, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Eui Shik Bang, Nanjing, CN;

Jack Li, Nanjing, CN;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Brandon Hicks

Kolitch Romano LLP

Primary Examiner:

Philip J Bonzell

Assistant Examiner:

Tye William Abell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B62K 15/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60B 19/02 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B60B 19/00 (2013.01); B60B 19/02 (2013.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B62K 15/006 (2013.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/3423 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); B62K 2202/00 (2013.01); B62K 2204/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A personal transportation device comprises a frame, a wheel pivotably connected to a frame and switchable between a driving configuration and a flying configuration, a motor to rotate the wheel; and an automatic cruise module. The automatic cruise module is configured to control the wheel and guide the personal transportation device to fly from a first location to a second location according to a designated route as an unmanned aircraft.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tang, Daniel. (2020). Personal transportation devices having a driving configuration and a flying configuration (U.S. Patent No. 10723189). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10723189

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