Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned aerial vehicle drag augmentation by reverse propeller rotation
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Application No.: US16728366Application Date: 2019-12-27
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Publication No.: US10955859B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Martyn Cowley , Matthew Todd Keennon
- Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Agency: Concept IP LLP
- Agent Pejman Yedidsion; Eric Aagaard
- Main IPC: G05D1/06
- IPC: G05D1/06 ; B64C11/08 ; B64C39/02 ; B64C11/04 ; B64C11/00
Abstract:
An air vehicle configured to augment effective drag to change the rate of descent of the air vehicle in flight via propeller shaft rotation direction reversal, i.e., thrust reversal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200174498A1 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DRAG AUGMENTATION BY REVERSE PROPELLER ROTATION Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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