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公开(公告)号:US12110106B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US16949414
申请日:2020-10-28
申请人: Joby Aero, Inc.
摘要: An aerial vehicle may have a fuselage, a first wing member, and a second wing member. The fuselage may have a nose end and a tail end. The first wing member may extend from the fuselage and comprise a first drive motor coupled to the first rotor. The second wing member may also extend from the fuselage substantially opposite the first wing member and may comprise a second drive motor coupled to a second rotor. A first motor may be coupled to rotate the first wing member and the first rotor about a first axis substantially perpendicular to a fuselage axis extending from the nose end to the tail end. A second motor may be coupled to rotate the second wing member and the second rotor about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the fuselage axis. A controller circuit may be configured to differentially actuate the first motor and the second motor.
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公开(公告)号:US12037109B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17298099
申请日:2019-11-20
摘要: An aerial vehicle that comprises a main frame and a plurality of operable multicopter units. Each multicopter unit has a plurality of propulsion units. The propulsion units are attached to the respective multicopter unit at a fixed roll angle, a fixed pitch angle and a fixed yaw angle. The plurality of operable multicopter units are attached to the main frame by interposition of respective joints and rotate relative to the main frame independently to each other. At least one of the joints has a minimum of one degree of freedom, such that the main frame has a at least the same or higher number of controllable degrees of freedom than the total number of degrees of freedom of the main frame.
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公开(公告)号:US20240208644A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-27
申请号:US18239758
申请日:2023-08-30
申请人: Joby Aero, Inc.
发明人: Gregor Veble Mikic , JoeBen Bevirt , Alex Stoll
IPC分类号: B64C27/26 , B64C3/10 , B64C3/32 , B64C27/08 , B64C27/22 , B64C27/52 , B64C27/82 , B64C29/00 , B64C39/06
CPC分类号: B64C27/26 , B64C3/10 , B64C3/32 , B64C27/08 , B64C27/22 , B64C27/52 , B64C29/0016 , B64C39/06 , B64C39/068 , B64C2027/8236 , B64C29/0025
摘要: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft which uses fixed rotors for both VTOL and forward flight operations. The wing rotors are tilted forward and provide some forward propulsion during horizontal flight. The rotors are positioned to achieve a high span efficiency. The rotors are positioned to even out the lift across the span of the synthetic wing. The synthetic wing may also have airfoils which may provide structural support for the rotors as well as providing lift during forward flight.
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公开(公告)号:US20240171039A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18424698
申请日:2024-01-26
申请人: Joby Aero, Inc.
发明人: Jordin Gischler , Baixi Pei , Rob Thodal , JoeBen Bevirt
CPC分类号: H02K7/116 , B64C27/52 , B64D27/24 , F16H49/001
摘要: A compact harmonic drive system with a motor residing within the flexspline cup. The motor may reside further into the flexspline cup than the wave generator, and the air gap of the motor may be further out radially than the interior of the wave generator bearing. The motor may use an outrunner configuration with an outboard rotor made up of magnets, allowing for a large radial distance to the air gap and resulting in higher torque. The interior stator windings are thermally well coupled to the drive system structure. The harmonic drive may be coupled to a deployment system adapted to support moment loads perpendicular to the rotation axis such that those loads are not supported by the harmonic drive.
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公开(公告)号:US20240101251A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-28
申请号:US18512046
申请日:2023-11-17
申请人: Fengnian Tian
发明人: Fengnian Tian
摘要: A hybrid foldable system of wings and rotors of a flying vehicle, and a flying vehicle. The flying vehicle includes a vehicle body, two wings, wing rotating mechanisms, rotor supports, rotor support rotating mechanisms, and rotor assemblies. The wings are movably connected to the vehicle body and the wing rotating mechanisms drive the wings to rotate to expand or retract. The rotor assemblies expand to two sides of each wing, or reversely rotate to retract to inner sides of each wing. Vertical taking-off and landing and stable flight in the air of the flying vehicle can be realized. In addition, when running on the ground, the wing and the rotor assemblies can be rotationally folded and placed on the inner sides of the vehicle body, so that space is reduced, and the limit requirements of urban roads regarding the size of the vehicle are satisfied.
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公开(公告)号:US11891158B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17391293
申请日:2021-08-02
IPC分类号: B63C9/01 , B64C25/54 , G08B21/08 , B64C27/52 , B64C39/02 , B64D47/06 , B64D47/08 , G01S19/45 , B64U10/13 , B64U101/00 , B63B35/00
CPC分类号: B63C9/01 , B64C25/54 , B64C27/52 , B64C39/024 , B64D47/06 , B64D47/08 , G01S19/45 , G08B21/088 , B63B2035/005 , B64U10/13 , B64U2101/00 , B64U2201/20
摘要: A search and rescue drone system includes a buoyant body member, a frame attached to the buoyant body member for carrying a motor and propeller, and an electronic array including a camera, GPS, an EPIRB radio distress beacon, and a transmitter/receiver for remote control flying the drone and communicating with an operator. A laser guidance system may provide coordinates for landing near a swimmer in distress. The search and rescue drone may also be programmed to simply fly to the location of an electronic wearable device, like a bracelet, that is worn by a man overboard. In another embodiment, the search and rescue drone includes pivoting motor mounts, so that it can take off and land vertically with propellers rotating in a horizontal plane, and then the propellers may pivot to rotate in a vertical plane for propulsion across water similar to a fan boat with rescued people aboard.
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公开(公告)号:US11794888B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US16415724
申请日:2019-05-17
发明人: Alan Taylor , Matthew J. Dressig , Beau Reid
CPC分类号: B64C27/52 , B64C39/024 , B64U10/13 , B64U50/19
摘要: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage defining a fuselage chamber. A first boom is coupled to the fuselage. A first rotor lift assembly is coupled to the first boom for providing a first lifting force. A second boom is coupled to the fuselage. A second rotor lift assembly is coupled to the second boom for providing a second lifting force. A third boom is coupled to the fuselage. A third rotor lift assembly is coupled to the third boom for providing a third lifting force. A fourth boom is coupled to the fuselage. A fourth rotor lift assembly is coupled to the fourth boom for providing a fourth lifting force. An electronic controller system is within the fuselage and operates the first rotor lift assembly, the second rotor lift assembly, the third rotor lift assembly and the fourth rotor lift assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11760469B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17603901
申请日:2020-04-14
申请人: NEXTER SYSTEMS
发明人: Pierre Gautier
摘要: A propulsion device for a rotating blade aerodyne with vertical take-off and landing, comprising a hollow chassis and contra-rotating coaxial rotors with fixed-pitch blades. The means for driving the rotation of each rotor comprise motor means and, for each rotor, a rotating part capable of turning about a yaw axis, located in the central opening of the respective rotor and connected to the latter via a ball joint with finger, the centre of which is the intersection of the prospective rotor disc and the yaw axis and for which the prohibited rotation is that about the axis of rotation of the rotor. Means for controlling the inclination of the rotors about the roll and pitch axes. Aerodyne equipped with the propulsion device.
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公开(公告)号:US11643202B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US16719029
申请日:2019-12-18
发明人: Yuyang Song , Taehwa Lee , Hideo Iizuka , Umesh N. Gandhi
CPC分类号: B64C27/52 , B64C39/024 , G06V20/13 , G08G5/045 , H01F7/064 , B64C2201/027
摘要: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a drone having selectively actuated arms. In one embodiment, a drone includes arms connected to a body. Individual ones of the arms have a first end and a second end with the first end forming a connection with the body. The drone further includes rotor units individually including a propeller attached to a motor and mounted to the second end of the individual ones of the arms. Additionally, actuator units are integrated with the arms. Individual ones of the actuator units include electromagnetic cells that when activated induce an electromagnetic motive force that flexes the arms.
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公开(公告)号:US11618595B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US17329148
申请日:2021-05-25
发明人: Nobuhiro Okuno , Kenta Miyahara
IPC分类号: B64U70/99 , B64U70/93 , G05D1/06 , B64C39/02 , B64C27/52 , B64C13/18 , B64U30/20 , B64U70/80 , B64U80/86
摘要: A flight controller of a drone calculates a target attitude of the drone on a port based on the result of acquisition by an anemometer. The flight controller of the drone controls each of a plurality of rotors independently, and controls each of the rotors so as to make the drone on the port take a target attitude.
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