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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2024
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ricky Jukuei Hsu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Jean-Hugues Tuan Huy Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Franco Corral, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Romain Daniel Charles Mivelle, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 50/16 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/16 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) powered using electric propulsion is provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a main frame and a plurality of thrust rings. The plurality of thrust rings is arranged in a first spatial configuration around the main frame and is rotatably coupled to at least one actuator in the main frame along a pivot axis. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) further includes a plurality of plasma actuators disposed on at least one of the plurality of thrust rings. Further, in an actuated state, the plurality of plasma actuators actuates to generate a plasma thrust that causes the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to orient along a particular axis or move in a specific direction.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hsu, Ricky. (2025). Unmanned aerial vehicle powered using electric propulsion (U.S. Patent No. 12319448). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12319448

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