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US 10,500,517 B2Granted
Self-righting remotely controlled object
OwnerClayton R. Golliherinventor
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Abstract
A self-righting flier includes a battery residing at a rounded bottom of a flier body, propellor blades and louvers below the propellor blades. The louvers include rounded projections extending down of bottom most corners. The bottom location of the battery and the louvers provide the self-righting of the flier. The flier further includes a top most guard preventing or reducing damage from ceiling impacts.
Claims15
A self-righting flier, comprising:
- a body having a centerline (CL), a top and a bottom, the bottom having a flat center portion perpendicular to the centerline (CL);
- a battery residing in the bottom of the body;
- a motor residing in the body;
- louvers attached to louver arms extending radially from the body, the louvers spaced vertically apart from a horizontal surface when the flat center portion of the bottom rests in the horizontal surface and the centerline (CL) of the body is vertical;
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- a propeller attached to the body above the body and above the louvers and rotated by the motor,
- wherein the louvers include projections extending down from bottom most corners of the louvers, the projections contacting a horizontal surface when the flier is tilted more than an angle (A), the angle (A) between five and fifteen degrees, and not contacting the horizontal surface when the flier is tilted less than the angle (A).
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