US 12,240,283 B2
Buckling beams for underwater and terrestrial autonomous vehicles
Daniel Aukes, Gilbert, AZ (US); Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Yuhao Jiang, Tempe, AZ (US)
Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Daniel Aukes, Gilbert, AZ (US); Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Yuhao Jiang, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,550.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,929, filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121727 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B60F 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 57/02 (2006.01); B63H 1/32 (2006.01); B64C 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60F 5/02 (2013.01) [B62D 57/02 (2013.01); B63H 1/32 (2013.01); B64C 33/02 (2013.01); B60F 3/003 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mechanical system comprising:
a curved beam;
a slider coupled to the curved beam and configured to alter an effective length of the curved beam; and
a motor coupled to the curved beam, wherein the motor is configured to impart a flapping motion to the curved beam.