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Patent No.:

US 12157553 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

May. 21, 2021

Autonomous aerial vehicle rotor configurations

Applicant:

Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Scott Thompson, San Carlos, CA (US);

Adam Parker Bry, Redwood City, CA (US);

Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Redwood City, CA (US);

Abraham Galton Bachrach, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary, San Francisco, CA (US);

Patrick Allen Lowe, Burlingame, CA (US);

Daniel Thomas Adams, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Justin Michael Sadowski, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Zachary Albert West, Mountain View, CA (US);

Josiah Timothy VanderMey, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Medhat Badawi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/29 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/10 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/001 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/29 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/10 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01);
Abstract

The technology described herein relates to autonomous aerial vehicle rotor configurations. In some embodiments, the aerial vehicle includes a central body that extends along a longitudinal axis from a forward end to an aft end including a port side opposite a starboard side. Multiple rotor arms each have a proximal end coupled to the central body and a rotor assembly arranged at a distal end to provide propulsion for the aerial vehicle. The rotor assemblies include a first set of rotor assemblies and a second set of rotor assemblies. The first set of rotor assemblies are arranged in a non-inverted configuration on a top side of the aerial vehicle such that each rotor assembly includes an upward-facing rotor. The second set of rotor assemblies are arranged in an inverted configuration on a bottom side of the aerial vehicle such that each rotor assembly includes a downward-facing rotor.

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