Drone provided with foldable drone supports
AssigneeParrot Drones
InventorsThierry SANLAVILLE, Maxime DUCLOUX, Flavien MORRA, Karim FARGEAU
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Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of a rotary-wing drone that includes a drone body, linking arms that extend from the drone body with a propulsion unit located on a distal end of the linking arms, and at least two drone supports extending from the drone body. The drone supports may include a lifting means so that the drone supports are able to be lifted when the drone flies, where the drone supports come into alignment with the linking arms. The drone supports may form the leading edge of the rear linking arms and/or the trailing edge of the front linking arms of the drone.
Claims9
A drone comprising:
- a drone body;
- and
- linking arms extending from the drone body with a propulsion unit at one end of the linking arms;
- at least two drone support extending from the drone body, where the drone supports each comprise a lifting mechanism;
- and
- at least one lifting control device linked to the lifting mechanism such that the drone supports are lifted to a lifted position when the drone is in flight;
- wherein the drone supports come into alignment with the linking arms when the drone supports are lifted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.