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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);

John Raymond Brodie, Seattle, WA (US);

Vedran Coralic, Seattle, WA (US);

Taylor David Grenier, Seattle, WA (US);

Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US);

Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Seattle, WA (US);

Ricky Dean Welsh, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard Philip Whitlock, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2220/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.


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