公开(公告)号：US09694894B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US14324306

申请日：2014-07-07

Applicant: Athene Works Limited

Inventor： Nicholas James Deakin

IPC: B64B1/20 ,  B64B1/02 ,  B64B1/08 ,  B64B1/10 ,  B64B1/12 ,  B64B1/14 ,  B64B1/38 ,  H01Q1/36 ,  H01Q9/27 ,  B64B1/64

CPC classification number: B64B1/02 ,  B64B1/08 ,  B64B1/10 ,  B64B1/12 ,  B64B1/14 ,  B64B1/20 ,  B64B1/38 ,  B64B1/64 ,  B64B2201/00 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/044 ,  B64C2201/048 ,  B64C2201/101 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/167 ,  H01Q1/36 ,  H01Q9/27

Abstract: An aerial vehicle comprises an elongate envelope within which are at least one first compartment for holding a lighter than air gas and at least one second compartment for holding atmospheric air and said at least one second compartment having an inlet and an outlet and at least one pair of wings extending laterally from the envelope; said wings being planar units with a leading and trailing edge, the width of the wings from their leading edges to their trailing edges being substantially less than the length of the envelope with airfoil portions fitted between the leading and trailing edges of the wing: the top and bottom of the wings are mirror images of one another; in which forward motion of the vehicle is obtainable without trust through alternate diving and climbing motion.

公开(公告)号：US20170174337A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US14973618

申请日：2015-12-17

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas Hampel Roberts ,  Dominic Timothy Shiosaki ,  Ricky Dean Welsh

IPC: B64C27/14 ,  B64C11/48 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/46

CPC classification number: B64C27/14 ,  B64C11/18 ,  B64C11/48 ,  B64C27/46 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64D27/26 ,  B64D2027/026

Abstract: Multiple motors may drive (rotate) a single shaft coupled to a propeller. The motors may be selected such that a first motor is capable of rotating the drive shaft in an event of a failure of a second motor coupled to the drive shaft. A one-way clutch bearing, or similar device, may interface between a motor and the drive shaft to enable free rotation of the drive shaft in an event of the motor becoming inoperable, such as the motor freezing or locking in a position due to failure caused by overheating or caused by other conditions or events. Use of the second motor may secure a position of the drive shaft which may support the propeller in radial eccentric loading.

公开(公告)号：US20170166305A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15175161

申请日：2016-06-07

Applicant: Paul E. Arlton ,  David J. Arlton

Inventor： Paul E. Arlton ,  David J. Arlton

IPC: B64C27/605 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/14 ,  B64C27/10

CPC classification number: B64C27/605 ,  B64C7/00 ,  B64C27/10 ,  B64C27/14 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2027/8236 ,  B64C2027/8281 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64C2201/203 ,  B64C2201/205

Abstract: A rotary wing vehicle includes a body structure having an elongated tubular backbone or core, and a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system having rotors with each rotor having a separate motor to drive the rotors about a common rotor axis of rotation. The rotor system is used to move the rotary wing vehicle in directional flight.

公开(公告)号：US20170166304A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14967070

申请日：2015-12-11

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jack Erdozain, JR. ,  Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III ,  Joshua White Traube

IPC: B64C27/58 ,  H02K49/10 ,  H02K7/114 ,  B64C27/12 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C27/58 ,  B64C11/02 ,  B64C27/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  H02K7/106 ,  H02K7/114 ,  H02K7/14 ,  H02K49/10

Abstract: A propeller alignment device is described. The propeller alignment device can include a second retainer attached to a propeller and a motor. The propeller alignment device can also include a first retainer that does not rotate, but that is aligned with the second retainer. The first retainer can include two or more magnets oppositely orientated relative to each other. The second retainer can also include two or more magnets oppositely orientated relative to each other. As the second retainer rotates relative to the first retainer, the magnets may alternatingly align with each other. In the absence of a current applied to the motor, the magnets may magnetically bias the second retainer into a predetermined orientation relative to the first retainer. The predetermined orientation can be predetermined to correspond to an alignment of the propeller that is desirable (e.g., that minimizes aerodynamic drag on the propeller).

公开(公告)号：US09672748B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14936632

申请日：2015-11-09

Applicant: AeroVironment Inc.

Inventor： Christopher E. Fisher ,  Thomas Robert Szarek ,  Justin B. McAllister ,  Pavel Belik

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/06 ,  B64D31/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64D31/00 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0676

Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.

公开(公告)号：US20170137142A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15417658

申请日：2017-01-27

Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.

Inventor： Jason Allen Firanski ,  Justin Bates McAllister ,  Ronald Howard Olch ,  Lane Dennis Dalan ,  Emil Ghapgharan

IPC: B64D31/06 ,  H02P3/02 ,  H02P6/16 ,  H02K29/10 ,  H02K29/12 ,  H02P6/14 ,  B64D27/24 ,  H02K29/08

CPC classification number: B64D31/06 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C11/002 ,  B64C11/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64D27/24 ,  H02K29/08 ,  H02K29/10 ,  H02K29/12 ,  H02P3/025 ,  H02P6/14 ,  H02P6/16 ,  Y02T50/44 ,  Y02T50/62

Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle θPROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle θPROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.

公开(公告)号：US09650133B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US15042090

申请日：2016-02-11

Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Eugene Fisher ,  Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee ,  William Arden Lott

IPC: B64C27/22 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/00

CPC classification number: B64F1/005 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64F1/12

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system including: a rearward facing tang extending from a rear fuselage portion of a VTOL UAV; one or more metallic contacts disposed on an exterior surface of the tang; a UAV pod including a landing surface; and an opening disposed in the landing surface to receive the tang.

公开(公告)号：US20170121019A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14926309

申请日：2015-10-29

Applicant: INDUSTRIAL BANK OF KOREA

Inventor： Pilsoon Shin ,  Jongman Kwon

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B13/00 ,  B60S3/04 ,  B08B3/04

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B08B1/006 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B13/00 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  B60S3/04 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  G08G5/003

Abstract: The present invention provides a drone-type smart car wash robot. The drone-type smart car wash robot may detect dirty state information and shape information of a vehicle while flying around the vehicle in an unmanned manner, and allow car wash to be intelligently and automatically performed while flying according to a flight path calculated in a customized manner to correspond to the dirty state information and shape information and a car wash operation control signal, and therefore it is possible to minimize constraints of time and place for car wash and frequently perform car wash in a simple and easy manner.

公开(公告)号：US20170113795A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15210664

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: Jeremy Duque

Inventor： Jeremy Duque

IPC: B64C29/00 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/52

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/165

Abstract: An aircraft with four rotors, a fixed wing, and an adjustable v-tail to allow for both vertical take-off and landing and the capability to fly in straight and level flight. The angle of each rotor and engine, with respect to the airfoil surfaces to which they are attached, is adjustable, allowing for thrust to be directed either downwards, allowing the craft to hover, or backwards, allowing the aircraft to travel horizontally while lift is provided and controlled by the wing and v-tail.

公开(公告)号：US09616997B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14944482

申请日：2015-11-18

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： Robert Parks ,  Adam Woodworth ,  Tom Vaneck ,  Justin McClellan

IPC: B64C37/00 ,  B60F5/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  F42B15/20 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G8/00

CPC classification number: B64C37/00 ,  B60F5/02 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G2008/005 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/167 ,  F42B15/20

Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.