Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTOL-UAV)
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Application No.: US15721945Application Date: 2017-10-01
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Publication No.: US10583924B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Petru A. Simionescu
- Applicant: Petru A. Simionescu
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02

Abstract:
A vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTOL-UAV) is provided consisting of one central motor which drives one ducted fan and one or more rotors. These rotors can be coaxial with the fan, or can be located off-center being driven via a transmission. For flight control purposes, all or a portion of the air circulated by the ducted fan and/or by the central rotor is diverted through a plurality of side ducts towards the periphery of the vehicle and then downwards, each of these side duct being fitted at their peripheral ends with air-flow vectorization means. These air-flow vectorization means can be in the form of parallel vanes, and/or in the form of thrust-control buckets, which are turnable around axes perpendicular to the flow of air, and are actuated by servomotors via cables or linkages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190100308A1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTOL-UAV) Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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