US 12,312,081 B2
Pilotless transportation aerial-vehicle having distributed-batteries and powering method therefor
Mark Holbrook Hanna, Ogden, UT (US); and Douglas Morgan Hanna, Calgary (CA)
Filed by Mark Holbrook Hanna, Ogden, UT (US); and Douglas Morgan Hanna, Calgary (CA)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,676.
Application 18/375,676 is a continuation of application No. 17/275,591, granted, now 11,772,794, previously published as PCT/CA2019/051270, filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,839, filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294253 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 27/24 (2024.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/32 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/32 (2023.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An electric aerial vehicle comprising:
a center unit comprising a compartment;
a plurality of rotor units coupled to the center unit via one or more connecting arms, wherein each one of the plurality of rotor units comprises at least a propeller, a motor for driving the propeller, and an electrical speed-controller (ESC) module electrically coupled to the motor;
one or more battery assemblies for providing electrical power to at least corresponding ones of the motors and corresponding ones of the ESC modules; and
a plurality of electrical circuitry components comprising a central control circuitry and at least one of a flight control subsystem, a flight management subsystem, a detecting and avoiding subsystem, or an emergency communication subsystem controlled by the central control circuitry, wherein one or more of the plurality of the electrical circuitry components are received in the center unit;
wherein the plurality of rotor units are functionally coupled to the central control circuitry; and
wherein each of the one or more battery assemblies extends horizontally along the one or more connecting arms towards a proximal end of a corresponding one of the plurality of rotor units, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the center unit.