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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:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Louis LeGrand, Seattle, WA (US);

Omri Rand, Seattle, WA (US);

Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US);

Sebastian Fischer, Seattle, WA (US);

Ricky Welsh, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2006.01); B64C 27/26 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/26 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/062 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/028 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various reconfigurations of propulsion mechanisms of an aerial vehicle are described. For example, responsive to a fault or failure of a propulsion mechanism, the remaining propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety of the aerial vehicle. In example embodiments, cant angles, toe angles, positions, and/or orientations of one or more propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety in either a horizontal, wingborn flight orientation, or a vertical, VTOL flight orientation.


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