Aerial vehicle
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorPEI-CHONG TANG
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Abstract
An aerial vehicle includes a body including a bottom portion, a plurality of rotors coupled to the body for driving the aerial vehicle to fly, and a landing gear coupled to the bottom portion of the body. The landing gear can include a first touchdown bar and a second touchdown bar. The first touchdown bar has a bottom face for contacting a horizontal plane. The second touchdown bar has a bottom face for contacting the horizontal plane. The bottom face of the first touchdown bar and the bottom face of the second touchdown bar cooperatively define a plane. When the aerial vehicle is in flight, the plane is at an angle relative to the horizontal plane. When the aerial vehicle is landing at the horizontal plane, the plane is parallel to the horizontal plane, the body is angled relative to the horizontal plane.
Claims20
An aerial vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a bottom portion;
- a plurality of rotors coupled to the body for lifting and controlling direction of travel of the aerial vehicle to fly;
- and
- a landing gear coupled to the bottom portion of the body, the landing gear comprising a first touchdown bar and a second touchdown bar, the first touchdown bar having a bottom face for contacting a horizontal plane, the second touchdown bar having a bottom face for contacting the horizontal plane, the bottom face of the first touchdown bar and the bottom face of the second touchdown bar cooperatively defining a plane angled relative to the bottom portion;
- wherein, when the aerial vehicle is in flight, the plane defined by the bottom face of the first touchdown bar and the bottom face of the second touchdown bar is at an angle relative to the horizontal plane;
- and when the aerial vehicle is landing at the horizontal plane, the plane defined by the bottom face of the first touchdown bar and the bottom face of the second touchdown bar is parallel to the horizontal plane, the body is angled relative to the horizontal plane.
An aerial vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a bottom portion;
- a plurality of rotors coupled to the body for driving the aerial vehicle to fly;
- and
- a landing gear coupled to the bottom portion of the body, the landing gear comprising a first touchdown bar and a second touchdown bar, the first touchdown bar having a bottom face for contacting a horizontal plane, the second touchdown bar having a bottom face for contacting the horizontal plane, each of the first touchdown bar and the second touchdown bar having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a distance between the bottom portion and the bottom face at the first end being larger than that between the bottom portion and the bottom face at the second end.
An aerial vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of rotors coupled to the body configured to lift and control direction of travel of the aerial vehicle;
- and
- landing gear coupled to body, the bottom of the landing gear defining a landing plane;
- the body and the rotors defining a level plane that is substantially horizontal when the vehicle is in a state of level flight, the level plane being at an angle to the landing plane of 10-15 degrees;
- wherein when the vehicle is on a surface the level plane is at the angle to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.