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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Roy Champagne, Jr., Kirkland, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US);
Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Hampel Roberts, Seattle, WA (US);
Ricky Dean Welsh, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01);
Abstract
This disclosure describes an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV'), which includes a plurality of maneuverability propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll). The aerial vehicle may also include a lifting propulsion mechanism that operates to generate a force sufficient to maintain the aerial vehicle at an altitude.