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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Giulia Pantalone, Redwood City, CA (US);
André Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
WING AVIATION LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/57 (2006.01); B64C 27/46 (2006.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B64C 11/20 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 27/39 (2006.01); B64C 27/72 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/57 (2013.01); B64C 11/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/39 (2013.01); B64C 27/463 (2013.01); B64C 27/473 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2027/7294 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01);
Abstract
A propeller blade for an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV') is disclosed. The UAV includes a plurality of lift propellers and at least one thrust propeller. Each of the plurality of thrust propellers includes a thrust propeller blade coupled to a hub of the thrust propeller. The thrust propeller blade is configured such that a centrifugal force acting on the thrust propeller blade causes a thrust propeller disk area to increase from a first disk area when the UAV is in a first operational state to a second disk area when the UAV is in a second operational state.