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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12105528 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2022

Walking vtol drone and related systems and methods

Applicant:

Aigen, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventor:

Richard Wurden, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Aigen, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:

Perkins Coie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Timothy D Collins

Assistant Examiner:

Justin Michael Heston

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B62D 57/032 (2006.01); B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 10/70 (2023.01); B64U 60/40 (2023.01); B64U 60/55 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0858 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B62D 57/032 (2013.01); B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 25/001 (2013.01); B64C 29/0016 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 10/70 (2023.01); B64U 60/40 (2023.01); B64U 60/55 (2023.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract

Walking VTOL vehicles and related systems and methods are disclosed. A representative system can include one or more vertical thrust propulsion systems for providing vertical thrust for the vehicle, one or more horizontal thrust propulsion systems for providing horizontal thrust for the vehicle, and leg elements that are rotatable between a first configuration in which each leg element extends downwardly and a second configuration different from the first configuration. A representative method of operating a vehicle includes using vertical thrust to raise the vehicle upward, rotating a leg element forward, lowering the vehicle, and then rotating the leg element rearward to propel the vehicle forward.

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