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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US);
Louis Leroi LeGrand, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Seattle, WA (US);
Ricky Dean Welsh, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus and method of an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV') that can operate in either a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or a horizontal flight orientation. The aerial vehicle includes a plurality of propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll) when in the VTOL orientation. The aerial vehicle also includes a ring wing that surrounds the propulsion mechanisms and provides lift to the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle is operating in the horizontal flight orientation.