US 11,745,866 B2
Fixed-wing UAV with lifting propellers and traction propellers
Yu Tian, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to SHANGHAI AUTOFLIGHT CO., LTD., Jiangsu Province (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Autoflight Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,933.
Application 17/819,933 is a division of application No. 17/396,703, filed on Aug. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,433,998.
Application 17/396,703 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/281,020, filed on Feb. 20, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 202021631663.0 (CN), filed on Aug. 7, 2020; and application No. 202022482011.1 (CN), filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388646 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 29/0025 (2013.01) [B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a left hind wing and a right hind wing;
a left forewing coupled to a right forewing;
a cabin coupled to the left hind wing and the right hind wing;
a left linear support coupled to at least one of said left hind wing and said left forewing;
a right linear support coupled to at least one of said right hind wing and said right forewing;
the left linear support has a first, a second, a third lifting propellers disposed thereon;
the right linear support has a fourth, a fifth, a sixth lifting propellers disposed thereon;
a left traction propeller disposed at a front end of the left linear support;
a right traction propeller disposed at a front end of the right linear support;
wherein the left linear support is parallel to the right linear support, and there are no other linear supports disposed parallel to said left and right linear supports; and
wherein when the UAV is in an upright position on a ground, the left and right linear supports are disposed from the ground at a distance longer than a distance of a top of said cabin to said ground.