IP Library Granted Patent US 12,246,828
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,828 · App. 17/632,040 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Aerial vehicle having a first wing and a second wing that tilt and rotate to form an inverted V-shape

Inventor: Yoichi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AERONEXT INC.
B64C29/02B64C3/40B64C39/08B64U10/20B64U30/12B64U50/13B64U60/70B64U10/25
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Patent No.
US 12,246,828
App. No.
17/632,040
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aerial vehicle having more basic structure and safety measures. The aerial vehicle according to the present invention includes a thrust unit having a plurality of rotary vanes for generating thrust, a tail, a fuselage that connects the thrust unit and the tail, a main wing provided in a substantially center of the fuselage, and a control unit for controlling at least the main wing. When the aerial vehicle makes a landing, the control unit controls the main wing so that a part of the main wing becomes a lower end.

Claims (16)

1. An aerial vehicle comprising:

a thrust unit;

a tail;

a fuselage that connects the thrust unit and the tail;

a main wing connected to the fuselage; and

a control unit for controlling at least the main wing,

wherein the main wing comprises a first wing and a second wing,

wherein, when in an initial state of the aerial vehicle, the fuselage is configured to stand in a vertical direction, and when the aerial vehicle ascends to a predetermined height, the aerial vehicle is configured to transition from an ascending posture to a horizontal posture, the fuselage being oriented in the vertical direction in the ascending posture and oriented in a horizontal direction in the horizontal posture,

wherein, when the aerial vehicle descends to make a landing, the aerial vehicle is oriented so that the thrust unit and the tail are an upper end and a lower end of the aerial vehicle, respectively, with respect to the ground, and the control unit is configured to control the first wing and the second wing to tilt toward the tail and to bring the first wing and the second wing closer together by rotating the first wing and the second wing about a longitudinal axis of the fuselage, so that the first wing and the second wing form an inverted V shape, and

wherein, when the aerial vehicle lands on the ground, the tail, an end of the first wing, and an end of the second wing are the lower end of the aerial vehicle contacting the ground.

2. The aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, when the aerial vehicle lands on the ground, the tail, the end of the first wing, and the end of the second wing contact the ground at three points defining a plane to tilt the fuselage backward.

3. The aerial vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising a gimbal configured to connect the thrust unit and the fuselage to make the thrust unit and the fuselage move independently from each other,

wherein the thrust unit includes:

a plurality of propellers each including a plurality of rotary vanes;

a plurality of motors rotating the plurality of propellers, respectively; and

a plurality of motor arms each supporting a corresponding one of the plurality of propellers and a corresponding one of the plurality of motors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SUZUKI, YOICHI
To: AERONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 058860/0844 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220274701A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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