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US 7,854,410 B2Granted
Powered unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeKazak Composites, Incorporated
InventorsJerome P. Fanucci, Nathan Gravelle, Stephen A. Schoenholtz
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle mounts a payload section to an air delivery vehicle. The air delivery vehicle includes deployable wings and tail fins for gliding or powered flight. A set of propeller blades are provided for powered flight. The propeller blades are mounted for movement from a stowed position to deployed position extending radially from the fuselage for powered flight.
Claims17
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- an air delivery vehicle including a fuselage defining an axis, and a payload section attached in front of the air delivery vehicle;
- a pair of wings pivotably mounted to the fuselage for movement from a stowed position against the fuselage to a deployed position extending from the fuselage;
- a plurality of tail fins pivotably mounted to the fuselage aft of the wings for movement from a stowed position against the fuselage to a deployed position extending from the fuselage;
- a plurality of propeller blades mounted to the air delivery vehicle for movement from a stowed position folded forward against the fuselage to an unpowered flight position trailing aft and further to a deployed position extending radially from the axis of the fuselage;
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- a drive source for driving the propeller blades in the deployed position about the axis of the fuselage.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- an air delivery vehicle and a payload section attached to the front of the air delivery vehicle, the air delivery vehicle including a fuselage defining an axis;
- a pair of wings pivotably mounted to the fuselage for movement from a stowed position against the fuselage to a deployed position extending from the fuselage;
- a plurality of tail fins pivotably mounted to the fuselage aft of the wings for movement from a stowed position against the fuselage to a deployed position extending from the fuselage;
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- a recovery parachute releasably stowed in the payload section and spring-loaded to eject laterally from the payload section during deployment, and a connection between the recovery parachute in the payload section and a tail of the air delivery vehicle to carry the parachute aft during deployment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.