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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ricky Dean Welsh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Buchmueller, Seattle, WA (US);
Fabian Hensel, Zurich, CH;
Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon William Porter, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Walker Chamberlain Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua White Traube, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a configuration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will facilitate extended flight duration. The UAV may have any number of lifting motors. For example, the UAV may include four lifting motors (also known as a quad-copter), eight lifting motors (octo-copter), etc. Likewise, to improve the efficiency of horizontal flight, the UAV also includes a pushing motor and propeller assembly that is oriented at approximately ninety degrees to one or more of the lifting motors. When the UAV is moving horizontally, the pushing motor may be engaged and the pushing propeller will aid in the horizontal propulsion of the UAV.