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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
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);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Various reconfigurations of propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of propulsion mechanisms of an aerial vehicle are described. For example, responsive to a fault or failure of a propulsion mechanism, propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of the remaining propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety of the aerial vehicle. In example embodiments, angular orientations, positions, and/or lengths of one or more propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety in either a horizontal, wingborn flight orientation, or a vertical, VTOL flight orientation.