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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Francisco J. Diez-Garias, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Marco M. Maia, Westfield, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B63G 8/16 (2006.01); A63H 27/00 (2006.01); A63H 23/08 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); A63H 23/08 (2013.01); A63H 27/12 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63G 8/16 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); B63G 2008/005 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned vehicle including a body and a frame structure extending from the body and supporting a plurality of propeller assemblies, each propeller assembly including at least one propeller and a corresponding motor with the motor housed in a watertight housing or coated and made corrosion resistant. The propellers comprise a first subset of propellers of the propeller assemblies and a second subset of propellers of the propeller assemblies which rotate in a plane positioned below a plane in which the first subset of propellers rotate, wherein said first and second subset of propellers are configured for independent operation of one another as the vehicle transitions from an air medium to a water medium.


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