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US 10,719,080 B2Granted
Aerial system and detachable housing
AssigneeHangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsLei Zhang, Zhaozhe Wang, Tong Zhang
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Abstract
An aerial system, preferably including one or more housings. A housing for an aerial system, preferably including: a first and second piece that cooperatively surround one or more propellers of the aerial system; and a retention mechanism that removably couples the first piece to the second piece. A method for aerial system operation, preferably including attaching and/or detaching housing pieces of the aerial system.
Claims18
An aircraft comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a first housing piece comprising a first fastener;
- and
- a second housing piece comprising a second fastener, the second fastener removably coupled to the first fastener, wherein the first fastener and the second fastener cooperatively retain the first housing piece against the second housing piece, wherein the first housing piece and the second housing piece cooperatively define an interior volume;
- and
- a rotor comprising:
- a propeller arranged within the interior volume;
- and
- a motor rotationally coupling the propeller about a first rotor axis to the first housing portion;
- wherein:
- the housing further comprises a hinge rotationally coupling the first housing piece to the second housing piece about a hinge axis;
- the hinge axis is substantially perpendicular to the first rotor axis;
- and
- the hinge axis opposes the first magnet and the second magnet across the first rotor axis.
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A method for aircraft operation, comprising:
- at an aircraft comprising a housing and a propeller rotationally coupled to the housing about a rotor axis, while the housing is configured in an enclosing configuration wherein the housing encloses the propeller, operating in a flight mode, comprising rotating the propeller about the rotor axis;
- after operating in the flight mode, transitioning the housing from the enclosing configuration to an open configuration;
- after transitioning the housing to the open configuration, replacing the propeller, comprising:
- detaching the propeller from the housing;
- and
- attaching a replacement propeller to the housing, thereby rotationally coupling the replacement propeller to the housing substantially about the rotor axis;
- and
- after replacing the propeller, transitioning the housing from the open configuration to the enclosing configuration, wherein the housing encloses the replacement propeller in the enclosing configuration.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a first housing piece comprising a first fastener, wherein the first fastener comprises a threaded receptacle;
- and
- o a second housing piece comprising a second fastener, the second fastener removably coupled to the first fastener, wherein the second fastener comprises a screw retained within the threaded receptacle, wherein the first fastener and the second fastener cooperatively retain the first housing piece against the second housing piece, wherein the first housing piece and the second housing piece cooperatively define an interior volume;
- and
- a rotor comprising:
- a propeller arranged within the interior volume;
- and
- a motor rotationally coupling the propeller about a rotor axis to the first housing portion;
- wherein:
- the propeller defines a swept volume;
- the first housing portion defines a first grab region, the first grab region comprising a projection of the swept volume onto the first housing portion along the rotor axis;
- and
- the second housing portion defines a second grab region, the second grab region comprising a projection of the swept volume onto the second housing portion along the rotor axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.