Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle with aerial and ground mobility
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Application No.: US14641468Application Date: 2015-03-09
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Publication No.: US09598171B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Orville Olm , Greg Wood , Zenon Dragan
- Applicant: Draganfly Innovations Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Saskatchewan
- Assignee: Zenon Dragon
- Current Assignee: Zenon Dragon
- Current Assignee Address: CA Saskatchewan
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: CA2787279 20120829
- Main IPC: B64C37/00
- IPC: B64C37/00 ; B60F5/02 ; B60B1/00 ; B64C39/00 ; B64C39/02

Abstract:
A combination rotor and wheel assembly for an unmanned vehicle with ground and aerial mobility has a rotor arm adapted to be attached at an inner end thereof to a vehicle body. A rotor is rotatably connected to an outer end of the rotor arm about a rotor axis, and a rotor drive mounted on the rotor arm rotates the rotor such that the rotor exerts an upward lift force on the rotor arm. An open spoked wheel is rotatably connected about the rotor axis independent of the rotor The diameter of the wheel is greater than that of the rotor, and a bottom edge of the wheel is below the rotor. A wheel drive rotates the wheel. Vehicles can have various numbers and orientations of the rotor and wheel assembly to provide aerial and ground mobility.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160257400A1 VEHICLE WITH AERIAL AND GROUND MOBILITY Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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