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US 12,698,076 B2Granted
Elevon control system
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsTony Shuo Tao, Nathan Olson, Carlos Thomas Miralles, Robert Nickerson Plumb
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Abstract
A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.
Claims19
An aerial vehicle, comprising:
- an actuator rod, wherein the actuator rod is operable to extend through a first aperture to engage a first rudder surface, and wherein the actuator rod is operable to extend through a second aperture to engage a second rudder surface,
- wherein the first rudder surface has a first retracted position disposed along an exterior surface, and wherein the second rudder surface has a second retracted position disposed along the exterior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.