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US 12,434,816 · App. 18/683,725 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Flying object with backward-tilting delivery payload mechanism

Inventors: Yoichi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Narumi Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Hori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AERONEXT INC.
B64C17/02B64D9/00B64U10/14B64U2101/60
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Patent No.
US 12,434,816
App. No.
18/683,725
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention is a flying object equipped with a loading part holding a delivery payload, and the loading part or the delivery payload is attached to an airframe so that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the forward and backward direction in a landing state or hovering state. The loading part or delivery payload is attached to the airframe so that the loading part or delivery payload is substantially horizontal during cruising.

Claims (28)

1. A flying object capable of traveling in a front-rear direction, the flying object comprising:

an airframe including a center position and a center point of lift generation,

a loading part holding a delivery payload, wherein the loading part is attached to the airframe such that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the front-rear direction in a landing state or a hovering state of the flying object,

and in the landing or hovering state, a center position of the loading part is rearward of the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and above the center point of lift generation.

2. The flying object according to claim 1 , wherein the loading part or the delivery payload is attached to the airframe such that the loading part or the delivery payload is substantially horizontal in a cruising state of the flying object.

3. The flying object according to claim 1 , wherein, in the landing or hovering state, the center position of the loading part is located in front of the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and below the center point of lift generation.

4. The flying object according to claim 1 , wherein, in the landing or hovering state, the center position of the loading part is rearward of the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and below the center point of lift generation.

5. The flying object according to claim 1 , wherein, in the landing or hovering state, the center position of the loading part coincides with the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and below the center point of lift generation.

6. The flying object according to claim 1 ,

wherein the loading part is configured to store the delivery payload from the front and above the airframe.

7. The flying object according to claim 6 , wherein the loading part comprises a lid configured to be opened and closed to store the delivery payload.

8. The flying object according to claim 1 ,

wherein the loading part is configured to store the delivery payload from behind and below the airframe.

9. The flying object according to claim 1 ,

wherein the loading part is configured to store the delivery payload from the front of and below the airframe.

10. The flying object according to claim 1 ,

wherein the loading part is configured to store the delivery payload from behind and above the airframe.

11. The flying object according to claim 1 , wherein the flying object is provided with at least front and rear leg parts, and wherein the front leg part is longer than the rear leg part,

The title of the invention has been amended as follows:

Flying object with backward-tilting and forward-tilting delivery payload.

12. A flying object capable of traveling in a front-rear direction, the flying object comprising:

an airframe including a center position and a center point of lift generation,

a loading part holding a delivery payload, wherein the loading part is attached to the airframe such that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the front-rear direction in a landing state or a hovering state of the flying object,

and in the landing or hovering state, a center position of the loading part is in front of the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and above the center point of lift generation.

13. A flying object capable of traveling in a front-rear direction, the flying object comprising:

an airframe including a center position and a center point of lift generation,

a loading part holding a delivery payload, wherein the loading part is attached to the airframe such that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the front-rear direction in a landing state or a hovering state of the flying object,

and in the landing or hovering state, a center position of the loading part coincides with the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and is provided above the center point of the lift generation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2024
From: SUZUKI, YOICHI; WATANABE, NARUMI; HORI, TAKUYA
To: AERONEXT INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021030862 · Aug 23, 2021
Related Publication 20240351684A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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