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US 12,612,194 B2Granted
Aerial vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorTetsuya Fujiwara
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Abstract
An aerial vehicle configured to fly with a load suspended therefrom includes a lift generator configured to generate lift for flight, a plurality of supports configured to support the load, an attachment to which the supports are attached, and a relay to relay and support the supports between the load and the attachment. One of the attachment and the relay is outward of, in an airframe of the aerial vehicle, an other one of the attachment and the relay in a plan view.
Claims5
An aerial vehicle configured to fly with a load suspended from the aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of arms protruding outside from the body;
- a plurality of lift generators provided for respective arms and configured to generate lift for flight;
- a plurality of supports configured to support the load;
- a plurality of attachments provided for the respective supports to which the respective supports are attached;
- and
- a plurality of relays configured to relay and support the respective supports between the load and the respective attachments;
- wherein
- the attachments are within the body in a plan view;
- each of the relays is in an end region of a corresponding one of the arms separated from the body;
- the lift generators include at least one main lift generator configured to generate the lift to propel an airframe of the aerial vehicle, and at least one secondary lift generator configured to generate the lift to control an orientation of the airframe;
- and
- a center portion of each of the relays overlaps a center portion of the corresponding secondary lift generator in a plan view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.