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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tony Shuo Tao, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Nathan Olson, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Carlos Thomas Miralles, Burbank, CA (US);
Robert Nickerson Plumb, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 5/12 (2006.01); B64C 9/36 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/34 (2006.01); B64C 3/44 (2006.01); B64C 3/50 (2006.01); B64C 13/18 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 9/08 (2006.01); B64C 9/18 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 3/44 (2013.01); B64C 3/50 (2013.01); B64C 5/12 (2013.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 9/08 (2013.01); B64C 9/18 (2013.01); B64C 9/36 (2013.01); B64C 11/00 (2013.01); B64C 13/18 (2013.01); B64C 13/34 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2009/005 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/102 (2013.01); B64C 2201/121 (2013.01); B64C 2201/14 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.