Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle
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Application No.: US14301639Application Date: 2014-06-11
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Publication No.: US09611032B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Adrien Briod , Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski , Adam Klaptocz , Jean-Christophe Zufferey , Dario Floreano
- Applicant: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Agent Brian Michaelis
- Main IPC: B64C17/00
- IPC: B64C17/00 ; B64C27/20 ; B64C39/02

Abstract:
A VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aerial flying vehicle comprising an inner frame, a gimbal system and an outer frame, the inner frame comprising a propulsion system and a control system. The propulsion system being able to generate a lift force. The control system being able to control the orientation of the inner frame. The gimbal system connecting the inner frame to the outer frame with at least two rotation axis allowing rotation freedom between the outer frame to rotate independently from the inner frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150360776A1 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AERIAL VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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