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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Emil Ghapgharan, Burbank, CA (US);
Lane Dalan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Pavel Belik, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Austin Craig Gunder, Red Lion, PA (US);
AeroVironment, Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.