US 12,227,301 B2
Adjustable motor fairings for aerial vehicles
Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US); Louis LeGrand, III, Seattle, WA (US); Shmuel Eisenmann, Seattle, WA (US); and Dominic Shiosaki, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,873.
Application 17/881,873 is a continuation of application No. 16/256,279, filed on Jan. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,440,671.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371740 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 29/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/06 (2006.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/294 (2023.01); B64U 30/297 (2023.01); B64U 50/23 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/60 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 29/06 (2013.01) [B64C 39/062 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/294 (2023.01); B64U 30/297 (2023.01); B64U 50/23 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/60 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerial vehicle, comprising:
a body;
a plurality of motor arms extending from the body;
a plurality of motors, each motor coupled to a respective motor arm of the plurality of motor arms;
a plurality of propellers, each propeller coupled to and rotated by a respective motor of the plurality of motors; and
a plurality of motor fairings, each motor fairing passively movably coupled to and at least partially surrounding a respective motor of the plurality of motors, and each motor fairing extending along a length from a leading surface to a trailing surface;
wherein each motor fairing includes a teardrop shape along the length, the teardrop shape having a substantially spherical shape at the leading surface that transitions to a polygonal shape having a tapered edge at the trailing surface, the tapered edge being formed along an intersection of two surfaces of the polygonal shape and extending along a straight line that is transverse to the length of the motor fairing.