US 12,747,045 B2Granted

Unmanned aerial vehicle system including foldable unmanned aerial vehicle

AssigneeEasy Aerial Inc.

InventorsOmri Dayan, Ido Gur

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Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a ground station. The UAV folds from a first position in which the UAV defines a first expanse for flying to a second position in which the UAV defines a second expanse that is smaller than the first expanse for facilitating storage of the UAV. The ground station includes a box assembly and a landing pad assembly. The box assembly defines a storage cavity for storing the UAV when the UAV is disposed in the second position. The first expanse is larger than the storage cavity can accommodate. The landing pad assembly is movably coupled to the box assembly. The landing pad assembly is movable in a first direction to cause the UAV to fold into the storage cavity for storing the unmanned aerial vehicle within the box assembly.

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Dependent claims

An unmanned aerial vehicle system, comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to fold from a first position in which the unmanned aerial vehicle defines a first expanse for flying to a second position in which the unmanned aerial vehicle defines a second expanse that is smaller than the first expanse for facilitating storage of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
and
a ground station including:
a box assembly defining a storage cavity configured to store the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle is disposed in the second position, the first expanse of the unmanned aerial vehicle being larger than the storage cavity can accommodate;
and
a landing pad assembly movably coupled to the box assembly, the landing pad assembly being movable in a first direction to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fold into the storage cavity for storing the unmanned aerial vehicle within the box assembly.

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