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Patent No.:

US 12662265 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2022

Modular rotorcraft and system for air-delivered effects or sensor payloads

Applicant:

Textron Systems Coporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);

Inventors:

Matthew T. Velazquez, Mount Airy, MD (US);

James Gard Blonde, Baltimore, MD (US);

Brian Reissner Caskey, Cockeysville, MD (US);

Sean Marshall Baity, Westminster, MD (US);

Assignee:

TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Hunt Valley, MD (US);

Attorney:

BainwoodHuang

Primary Examiner:

Medhat Badawi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64U 30/293 (2023.01); B64U 50/18 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64U 30/293 (2023.01); B64U 50/18 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 2201/102 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01);
Abstract

A tactically deployable rotorcraft for targeted delivery of effects and/or sensors includes a body housing an energy subsystem, a control and communications subsystem, and a modular payload compartment for holding an effect or sensor payload, the body having a generally cylindrical outline and a plurality of arm-rotor niches therein. Arm-rotor assemblies are pivotably mounted to the body, each including an articulating arm and a rotor at a distal end, and each being pivotable between (1) a closed position in a corresponding arm-rotor niche within the outline of the body, and (2) an open position extending from the body with the rotor facing in a flight direction. The rotors are powered by the energy subsystem and controlled by the control and communications subsystem to provide powered flight to a target location for delivery of the effect or sensor payload.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Velazquez, Matthew. (2026). Modular rotorcraft and system for air-delivered effects or sensor payloads (U.S. Patent No. 12662265). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12662265

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