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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Lifting Drones, Llc, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew John Tomko, Glenville, NY (US);

Sean Andrew Tomko, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

Lifting Drones, LLC, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64C 1/08 (2006.01); B64U 20/70 (2023.01); B64U 50/11 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64C 1/08 (2013.01); B64U 20/70 (2023.01); B64U 50/11 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV includes a plurality of combustion engine modules, each combustion engine module including a respective helicopter blade propulsion system. A truss connects and separates adjacent pairs of the combustion engine modules of the plurality of combustion engine modules. Each truss includes a hollow interior portion configured to hold a fuel for at least one of the plurality of combustion engine modules. The UAV also includes a control system configured to allow a user to control the plurality of combustion engine modules and corresponding helicopter blade propulsion systems.


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