公开(公告)号：US09849977B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US14860072

申请日：2015-09-21

Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON

Inventor： Atsushi Tanahashi

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C29/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  E02F9/26 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06K9/00 ,  E02F9/20

CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64D47/08 ,  E02F9/205 ,  E02F9/2054 ,  E02F9/262 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/102 ,  G05D2201/0202 ,  G06K9/00637

Abstract: A site management system includes an unmanned airplane being switchable between an airplane mode for high speed flight and a VTOL mode for low speed flight, a working vehicle working in a civil construction site, a shape detection sensor provided in the unmanned airplane to detect a shape of the civil construction site, and an external control apparatus that controls flight of the unmanned airplane, driving of the working vehicle, and driving of the shape detection sensor. The external control apparatus moves the unmanned airplane to an observation area by performing the high speed flight. Further, the external control apparatus detects a shape of the observation area by driving the shape detection sensor while performing the high speed flight or by driving the shape detection sensor while performing low speed flight by switching from the airplane mode to the VTOL mode.

公开(公告)号：US09834305B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US14706905

申请日：2015-05-07

Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

Inventor： Dana J. Taylor ,  Phillip T. Tokumaru ,  Bart Dean Hibbs ,  William Martin Parks ,  David Wayne Ganzer ,  Joseph Frederick King

IPC: B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B64C11/32 ,  B64C27/605 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C27/54 ,  B64D27/24

CPC classification number: B64C29/0025 ,  B64C11/32 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C27/54 ,  B64C27/605 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64D27/24 ,  G05D1/0858

Abstract: A flight control apparatus for fixed-wing aircraft includes a first port wing and first starboard wing, a first port swash plate coupled between a first port rotor and first port electric motor, the first port electric motor coupled to the first port wing, and a first starboard swash plate coupled between a first starboard rotor and first starboard electric motor, the first starboard electric motor coupled to the first starboard wing.

公开(公告)号：US20170300067A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15131944

申请日：2016-04-18

Applicant: Latitude Engineering, LLC

Inventor： Jason Michael K. Douglas ,  Justin Armer ,  Carlos Murphy

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0858 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G05D1/0011

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes a forward propulsion system comprising one or more forward thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the forward thrust engines; a vertical propulsion system comprising one or more vertical thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the vertical thrust engines; and a pitch angle and throttle control system, comprising a processor configured to receive a first pitch angle command; and generate a second pitch angle command and a forward thrust engine throttle command based on a bounded pitch angle for the aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US09764829B1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US14734823

申请日：2015-06-09

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Brian C. Beckman ,  Michael John Elzinga ,  Scott Raymond Harris ,  Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III ,  Frederik Schaffalitzky

IPC: B64C27/22 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/12 ,  B64C27/52

CPC classification number: B64C27/22 ,  B64C15/14 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/12 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C29/0033 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141

Abstract: A configuration of a multirotor aircraft that will facilitate enhanced yaw control includes one or more adjustable members that will twist the frame of the multirotor aircraft, thereby adjusting the orientation of the motors and propellers and enhancing the yaw control of the multirotor aircraft. In some implementations, the adjustable member(s) are passive and twist in response to differential thrusts generated by the propellers. In other implementations, the adjustable members are active and twist in response to a yaw command from the multirotor aircraft control system.

公开(公告)号：US20170225799A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15121014

申请日：2016-02-10

Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

Inventor： Gary S. Selwyn ,  Chris B. Cooper ,  Luther Wilburn Cox

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C29/02

CPC classification number: B64F1/005 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/102 ,  G08G5/0091

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system includes a UAV pod (108) having a UAV pod processor (114) and a UAV (102) selectively enclosed in the UAV pod (108), the UAV (102) having only two rotors (202).

公开(公告)号：US20170225784A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15269597

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: Insitu, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Royds Hayes ,  James Statelar McGrew ,  Wayne David Goodrich ,  Jeffrey Hugh Knapp ,  Charles Lawrence Guthrie ,  Bradley Louis Schrick ,  Darcy Lynn Davidson ,  Peter Josef Kunz ,  Rolf Theodoor Rysdyk

IPC: B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/026 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/182

Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes directing a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft to carry a second, carried aircraft aloft, and release the second aircraft for flight, while powering the first aircraft with an on-board battery. The method can further include directing the first aircraft to position a capture line in a flight path of the second aircraft to capture the second aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US09688398B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14643857

申请日：2015-03-10

Applicant: DZYNE Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Mark Allan Page ,  Matthew Robert McCue ,  Robert Anthony Godlasky

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/165

Abstract: An aircraft for use in fixed wing flight mode and rotor flight mode is provided. The aircraft can include a fuselage, wings, and a plurality of engines. The fuselage can comprise a wing attachment region further comprising a rotating support. A rotating section can comprise a rotating support and the wings, with a plurality of engines attached to the rotating section. In a rotor flight mode, the rotating section can rotate around a longitudinal axis of the fuselage providing lift for the aircraft similar to the rotor of a helicopter. In a fixed wing flight mode, the rotating section does not rotate around a longitudinal axis of the fuselage, providing lift for the aircraft similar to a conventional airplane. The same engines that provide torque to power the rotor in rotor flight mode also power the aircraft in fixed wing flight mode.

公开(公告)号：US20170166306A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15373085

申请日：2016-12-08

Applicant: Aerovel Corporation

Inventor： Rutger Engbersen ,  Brian T. McGeer ,  Michael Baxter

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C25/04 ,  B64C25/26 ,  B64C25/20 ,  B64C25/52 ,  B64C1/26

CPC classification number: B64C29/02 ,  B64C25/52 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/18

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a tail-sitter aircraft having a leg assembly convertible from landing gear into a rear fuselage and empennage (or a tail assembly) of the aircraft. Generally, the leg assembly includes multiple legs movable from a closed configuration in which the legs form the tail assembly of the tail-sitter aircraft to an open configuration in which the legs form the landing gear of the tail-sitter aircraft (and vice-versa).

公开(公告)号：US09669924B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14347375

申请日：2012-09-14

Applicant: Keen Ian Chan

Inventor： Keen Ian Chan

IPC: B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  A63H27/00 ,  B64C13/24 ,  G05D1/06

CPC classification number: B64C29/02 ,  A63H27/12 ,  B64C13/24 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/028 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  G05D1/0669 ,  Y10T29/49826

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of vertical and horizontal flight modes, a method for assembling a UAV, and a kit of parts for assembling a UAV. The UAV comprises a wing structure comprising elongated equal first and second wings; a support structure comprising first and second sections coupled to a middle position of the wing structure and extending in opposite directions perpendicular to the wing structure; and four propellers, each mounted to a respective one of the first and second wings, and first and second sections, for powering the UAV during both vertical and horizontal flight modes.

公开(公告)号：US09650138B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US14882254

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: Flight of the Century, Inc.

Inventor： William M. Yates

IPC: B64D3/00 ,  B64D39/00 ,  B64D33/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D3/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/187 ,  B64D33/00 ,  B64D39/00

Abstract: Electric aircraft, including in-flight rechargeable electric aircraft, and methods of operating electric aircraft, including methods for recharging electric aircraft in-flight, and method of deploying and retrieving secondary aircrafts.