Unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeProdrone Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyokazu SUGAKI, Kazuo ICHIHARA
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Abstract
To provide an unmanned aerial vehicle that is optimized for freight purposes and that efficiently performs loading and unloading of freight and efficiently performs airframe management. This object is solved by an unmanned aerial vehicle that includes a plurality of propellers. An airframe of the unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a body having a freight chamber that is a hollow portion and that is integral with the body; and a plurality of arms supporting each of the plurality of propellers. A combination of the one arm and the one propeller or plurality of propellers supported by the one arm constitute a retractable propeller. The retractable propeller is partially or entirely storable in the freight chamber.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a plurality of propellers,
- wherein an airframe of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises
- a body having a freight chamber that is a hollow portion and that is integral with the body, and
- a plurality of arms supporting each of the plurality of propellers,
- wherein a combination of the one arm and the one propeller or plurality of propellers supported by the one arm constitute a retractable propeller,
- wherein the retractable propeller is partially or entirely storable in the freight chamber, and
- wherein at an upper portion of the freight chamber, the freight chamber has an opening through which a piece of freight can be taken in and out of the freight chamber.
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a plurality of propellers,
- wherein an airframe of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises
- a body having a hollow portion, and
- a plurality of arms supporting each of the plurality of propellers,
- wherein a combination of the one arm and the one propeller or plurality of propellers supported by the one arm constitute a retractable propeller,
- wherein a plurality of through holes connected to the hollow portion are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the body,
- wherein each of the plurality of arms comprises a base end portion that is located at a side of the body in a longitudinal direction of the each arm and that is inserted in one through hole of the through holes and supported by the body,
- wherein the each arm is storable in the hollow portion by being inserted further into the through hole, and
- wherein the retractable propeller is expandable by pulling the each arm out of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.