US 12,221,237 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle with rotating and overlapping rotor arms
Nicholas D. Woodman, Big Sky, MT (US); Pablo German Lema, San Mateo, CA (US); and Seung Heon Lee, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,022.
Application 18/083,022 is a division of application No. 16/915,036, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,530,047, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 16/915,036 is a continuation of application No. 15/331,707, filed on Oct. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,696,414.
Application 15/331,707 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/578,014, filed on Sep. 16, 2016, granted, now D803098, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Application 29/578,014 is a continuation of application No. 29/535,225, filed on Aug. 4, 2015, granted, now D768539, issued on Oct. 11, 2016.
Application 15/331,707 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2016/028508, filed on Apr. 20, 2016.
Application 15/331,707 is a continuation of application No. 29/549,171, filed on Dec. 18, 2015, granted, now D803328, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/302,114, filed on Mar. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/279,621, filed on Jan. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,356, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/150,703, filed on Apr. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118521 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64D 27/40 (2024.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 20/50 (2023.01) [B64D 27/40 (2024.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a housing comprising:
a top,
a bottom located opposite the top,
a first side extending between the top and the bottom, and
a second side extending between the top and the bottom and located opposite the first side;
a first front arm that is movable from an open position to a closed position, the first front arm is connected to the first side of the housing at a first end and the first front arm has a second end that is located at a first elevational plane when the first front arm is in the closed position;
a first back arm that is movable from an open position to a closed position, the first back arm is connected to the first side of the housing at a first end and the first back arm has a second end that is located at a second elevational plane when the first back arm is in the closed position, wherein the second elevational plane is higher than the first elevational plane to provide a first offset;
a second front arm that is movable from an open position to a closed position, the second front arm is connected to the second side of the housing at a first end and the second front arm has a second end that is located at the first elevational plane when the second from arm is in the closed position; and
a second back arm that is movable from an open position to a closed position, the second back arm is connected to the second side of the housing at a first end and the second back arm has a second end that is located at the second elevational plane when the second back arm is in the closed position, wherein the second elevational plane is higher than the first elevational plane to provide a second offset; and
wherein the first front arm, in the closed position, folds against the first side of the housing and the second front arm, in the closed position, folds against the second side of the housing so that an entirety of the first front arm and an entirety of the second front arm are coplanar and the entirety of the first front arm and the entirety of the second front arm extend along the housing between the top and the bottom of the housing, and
wherein the first back arm, in the closed position, folds against the first side of the housing and the second back arm, in the closed position, folds against the second side of the housing of the unmanned aerial vehicle so that an entirety of the first back arm and an entirety of the second back arm extend along the housing between the top and the bottom of the housing with the first back arm being at least partially located directly above the first front arm and the second back arm being at least partially located above the second front arm.