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Modular aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing capability

An aircraft and vertical lifting technology, applied in the field of drones, can solve the problems of increasing the cost and complexity of operating drones

Pending Publication Date: 2019-11-26
INSITU INC
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While a dedicated runway is not required, portable catapult launchers and portable retrieval systems add cost and complexity to operating UAVs

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[0041] Referring now to the drawings, which are shown for purposes of illustrating preferred and various embodiments of the present disclosure, figure 1 A perspective view is shown of an example of an air vehicle 100 provided as an unmanned aerial vehicle 102 (UAV) in a fixed-wing configuration and shown in an assembled state. UAV 102 may have a relatively small size and low overall weight, and be configured to be assembled and disassembled on site into several lightweight components and / or modules that may be packaged into one or more relatively small In a transport case (not shown) to allow transport of the UAV 102 to any location by land, sea or air. Once in the desired position, joining structures (not shown) and / or fastening mechanisms such as shear pins (not shown) and / or mechanical fasteners (not shown) can be used to quickly assemble the components and / or module. For example, UAV 102 includes a pair of wings 200 with male / female adapters (not shown) or connector spar...

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An aircraft includes a fuselage module (104) and at least two vertical lift rotor modules (300) supporting at least four rotor assemblies (302). Each rotor assembly (302) is supported by a rotor boom(308) having at least one boom free end and a boom mounting portion. Each rotor assembly (300) has at least one vertical lift rotor (304) mounted on the boom free end. Each boom mounting portion is removably couplable to the fuselage module (104). The vertical lift rotor modules (304) are configured such that when coupled to the fuselage module (104), a pair of the rotor assemblies (300) are located on each of laterally opposite sides of the fuselage module (104), and the rotor assemblies (300) of each pair are respectively located forward of and aft of a wing center portion (208). A pair of wings (200) are configured to be removably couplable to the wing center portion (208). The aircraft includes a forward thrust module (122) removably couplable to the fuselage body (104).

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[0001] priority [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Serial No. 62 / 502,768, filed May 8, 2017. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates generally to aircraft configurations, and more particularly to unmanned aerial vehicles configurable in the field for vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. Background technique [0004] Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used to perform various functions in civil, commercial, and military applications. For example, UAVs may be implemented to deliver payloads, perform emergency services such as fire management, locate schools of fish, collect imaging data for surveillance and reconnaissance, and other functions. For certain applications, it is desirable for UAVs to be easily transportable to remote locations and capable of rapid assembly and disassembly in the field (eg, on land or at sea) with a minimal number of tools and / or fasteners. [0005] Additionally, it would be desirable to be able t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64C39/02B64C29/00B64C39/04
CPCB64C29/0025B64C39/04B64C2211/00B64U10/25B64U50/19B64U10/10B64U70/80B64U30/291B64U30/40B64U70/70B64U50/11B64U30/14B64U50/12B64C29/04B64C39/024
Inventor P·J·昆茨W·D·古德里奇J·S·艾伦M·J·巴托
Owner INSITU INC
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