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公开(公告)号:US10919623B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16294713
申请日:2019-03-06
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: Matthew Todd Keennon , Karl Robert Klingebiel , Alexander Andryukov , Bart Dean Hibbs , John Peter Zwaan
摘要: Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.
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公开(公告)号:US10800544B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US16666386
申请日:2019-10-28
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
摘要: In one possible embodiment, a UAV payload module retraction mechanism is provided including a payload pivotally attached to a housing. A biasing member is mounted to bias the payload out of the housing and a winch is attached to the payload. An elongated flexible drawing member is coupled between the housing and the winch, the elongated drawing flexible member being capable of being drawn by the winch to retract the payload within the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US10710703B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
申请号:US15807939
申请日:2017-11-09
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: Pavel Belik , John Peter Zwaan
IPC分类号: B64C9/16 , B64F5/10 , B64C39/02 , B64C13/38 , B64C29/02 , B64D45/00 , B64C9/02 , B64C3/24 , B64C3/36 , B64F5/00
摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for an extruded wing protection and control surface comprising: a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface, a knuckle disposed about the channel, a leading void, a trailing void, and a separator dividing the leading void and the trailing void; and a plurality of notches disposed in the extruded control surface proximate the leading edge of the control surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20180327114A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-15
申请号:US16036604
申请日:2018-07-16
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: John Peter Zwaan , Robert James Johnston , Cris James Cornell , Philip Martin Finn , Glenn Arnold Blevins , David Wayne Ganzer
CPC分类号: B64F1/02 , B63B17/00 , B63B35/52 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/02 , B64C2201/021 , B64C2201/104 , B64C2201/182 , B64C2201/205 , B64F1/025
摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for impacting, by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV), a net having at least three sides; and converting the kinetic energy of the SUAV into at least one of: elastic potential energy of one or more tensioned elastic cords connected to at least one corner of the net, gravitational potential energy of a frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, rotational kinetic energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, and elastic potential energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net.
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公开(公告)号:US20170021945A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-26
申请号:US15156077
申请日:2016-05-16
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: Christopher Eugene Fisher , John Peter Zwaan , David R. Thompson , Marc L. Schmalzel , Karl R. Klingbiel , Tyson R. Jensen , Pavel Belik , Eric James Aagaard
CPC分类号: B64F1/12 , B05B1/02 , B29C65/48 , B29L2031/3076 , B64C39/024 , B64F1/16 , Y10T156/10 , Y10T156/1788
摘要: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.
摘要翻译: 液体分配组件包括被配置为粘附到诸如车辆的装置外部的支撑表面的粘合剂锚固组件。 一种空中交通工具包括(a)可拆卸地附接到空中交通工具的流体粘合剂容器组件,其中流体粘合剂容器组件包括:(i)包含流体粘合剂的粘合剂容器; 和(ii)一种或多种纤维,其中所述一种或多种纤维构成,或纤维刷或纤维织物构造成导电流体粘合剂,并且在结构上支撑所述一种或多种纤维之间的粘合剂结合 和表面; 和(b)用于将流体粘合剂从流体粘合剂容器分配到一个或多个纤维的装置。
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公开(公告)号:US20140291443A1
公开(公告)日:2014-10-02
申请号:US14149730
申请日:2014-01-07
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: Christopher E. Fisher , John Peter Zwaan , David R. Thompson , Marc L. Schmalzel , Karl R. Klingbiel , Tyson R. Jensen , Pavel Belik , Eric James Aagaard
IPC分类号: B64F1/12
CPC分类号: B64F1/12 , B05B1/02 , B29C65/48 , B29L2031/3076 , B64C39/024 , B64F1/16 , Y10T156/10 , Y10T156/1788
摘要: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.
摘要翻译: 液体分配组件包括被配置为粘附到诸如车辆的装置外部的支撑表面的粘合剂锚固组件。 一种空中交通工具包括(a)可拆卸地附接到空中交通工具的流体粘合剂容器组件,其中流体粘合剂容器组件包括:(i)包含流体粘合剂的粘合剂容器; 和(ii)一种或多种纤维,其中所述一种或多种纤维构成,或纤维刷或纤维织物构造成导电流体粘合剂,并且在结构上支撑所述一种或多种纤维之间的粘合剂结合 和表面; 和(b)用于将流体粘合剂从流体粘合剂容器分配到一个或多个纤维的装置。
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公开(公告)号:US20140061376A1
公开(公告)日:2014-03-06
申请号:US13694388
申请日:2012-11-26
申请人: AeroVironment Inc
发明人: Christopher E. Fisher , Phillip T. Tokumaru , Mark L. Schmalzel , John Peter Zwaan , Jeremy D. Tyler , Justin B. McAllister , Gabriel Torres , Pavel Belik
CPC分类号: B64C39/024 , A63H27/12 , B60K1/00 , B60K1/04 , B60K7/0007 , B60K17/356 , B60K2007/0092 , B60Y2200/52 , B63B2035/008 , B63G8/08 , B63G2008/005 , B63H21/17 , B64C27/00 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64D27/00 , B64D27/24
摘要: A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.
摘要翻译: 一种四冲程无人机,包括加固的整体电池承载体,承载体上的两个臂,每个臂具有两个转子,安装在承重体上的控制模块,安装在控制模块上的有效载荷模块, 并配置为起落架。 两臂可以用具有地面车辆使用轮子的手臂替代,手臂具有用于水面使用的浮标和道具,并且具有用于水下使用的俯仰控制道具的武器。 控制模块被配置为根据所附接的臂的类型,作为无人驾驶飞行器,无人驾驶地面车辆,无人(水)地面车辆和无人水下航行器运行。
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公开(公告)号:US11554879B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-17
申请号:US17060071
申请日:2020-09-30
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
摘要: In one possible embodiment, a UAV payload module retraction mechanism is provided including a payload pivotally attached to a housing. A biasing member is mounted to bias the payload out of the housing and a winch is attached to the payload. An elongated flexible drawing member is coupled between the housing and the winch, the elongated drawing flexible member being capable of being drawn by the winch to retract the payload within the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US10479526B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-19
申请号:US16036604
申请日:2018-07-16
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: John Peter Zwaan , Robert James Johnston , Cris James Cornell , Philip Martin Finn , Glenn Arnold Blevins , David Wayne Ganzer
摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for impacting, by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV), a net having at least three sides; and converting the kinetic energy of the SUAV into at least one of: elastic potential energy of one or more tensioned elastic cords connected to at least one corner of the net, gravitational potential energy of a frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, rotational kinetic energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, and elastic potential energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net.
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公开(公告)号:US20190233100A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-01
申请号:US16223061
申请日:2018-12-17
申请人: AeroVironment, Inc.
发明人: Christopher E. Fisher , Phillip T. Tokumaru , Marc L. Schmalzel , John Peter Zwaan , Jeremy D. Tyler , Justin B. McAllister , Gabriel E. Torres , Pavel Belik
IPC分类号: B64C39/02 , B60K1/00 , B60K1/04 , B60K7/00 , B60K17/356 , B63H21/17 , B64D27/00 , B64C27/00 , A63H27/00 , B63G8/08 , B64D27/24
CPC分类号: B64C39/024 , A63H27/12 , B60K1/00 , B60K1/04 , B60K7/0007 , B60K17/356 , B60K2007/0092 , B60Y2200/52 , B63B2035/008 , B63G8/08 , B63G2008/005 , B63H21/17 , B64C27/00 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64D27/00 , B64D27/24
摘要: A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.
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