US 11,673,650 B2
Adaptive thrust vector unmanned aerial vehicle
Helen Greiner, Wayland, MA (US); Felipe Bohorquez, Cambridge, MA (US); Alexey Zaparovanny, Westford, MA (US); and Kenneth D. Sebesta, Winchester, KY (US)
Assigned to Teledyne FLIR Detection, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US)
Filed by Teledyne FLIR Detection, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/940,375.
Application 16/940,375 is a continuation of application No. 15/870,727, filed on Jan. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,723,442.
Application 15/870,727 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/316,011, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2015/033992, filed on Jun. 3, 2015.
Application 15/870,727 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/581,027, filed on Dec. 23, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/446,785, filed on Jan. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,720, filed on Jan. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/007,160, filed on Jun. 3, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/920,913, filed on Dec. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0107629 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 15/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 15/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/30 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2023.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 15/02 (2013.01) [B64C 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/30 (2013.01); B64C 15/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle operable in a first mode and a second mode, and comprising:
a fuselage;
one or more tiltable rotors each of which is tiltable between the first mode and the second mode in which the tiltable rotor is closer to vertical configuration and farther from horizontal configuration than in the first mode;
one or more spars each of which is coupled to the fuselage and to a respective tiltable rotor, with a rotatable lifting surface on each spar, the rotatable lifting surface being rotatable between the first mode and the second mode in which the rotatable lifting surface is closer to horizontal configuration and farther from vertical configuration than in the first mode.