Invention Grant
- Patent Title: UAV with in-flight adjustable wings
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Application No.: US15620310Application Date: 2017-06-12
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Publication No.: US10717526B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Levi Charles Hefner , Danielle Lynn Moore , Andrea Chavez , Kirk Landon Groninga , John Lloyd , Daniel Bryan Robertson
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02

Abstract:
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has a fuselage, a rotor system, and a wing configured for selective positioning during flight of the UAV to a deployed position, a stowed position, and to positions between the deployed position and the stowed position. The UAV has a flexible wing skin at least partially carried by a leading arm and the leading arm is rotatable relative to the fuselage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180354619A1 UAV with In-Flight Adjustable Wings Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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