US 11,926,417 B2
Flight vehicle with mounting unit having moving means, and mouning unit
Yoichi Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AERONEXT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AERONEXT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,344.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030856 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274706 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/10 (2013.01) [B64C 37/02 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flight vehicle, comprising:
a mounting unit configured to hold a mounted object; and
a string member configured to connect the mounting unit to a main body of the flight vehicle,
wherein the mounting unit includes a moving means including a plurality of rotor blades provided between the upper end and the lower end of the mounting unit, when the mounting unit is viewed from the side,
wherein, when rotary shafts of the plurality of rotor blades extend in a horizontal direction, an angle formed by a rotary shaft of at least one of the plurality of rotor blades and the horizontal axis is smaller than an angle formed by the rotary shaft and a vertical axis,
wherein the plurality of rotor blades include three rotor blades,
wherein a rotary shaft of one of the three rotor blades extends in a first horizontal direction, and rotary shafts of the other two of the three rotor blades extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and
wherein a rotational axis of each of the three rotor blades is oriented horizontally when suspended vertically from the main body.