US 11,993,373 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Svein Even Blakstad, Sykkylven (NO); and Jan Martin Nysæter, Sykkylven (NO)
Assigned to GRIFF AVIATION AS, Sykkylven (NO)
Appl. No. 16/962,491
Filed by GRIFF AVIATION AS, Sykkylven (NO)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NO2019/050008
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/143255, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20180080 (NO), filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078704 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B64C 1/30 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B64C 1/30 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a main body comprising at least an elongate main frame (“backbone”) with a forward end piece and a rearward end piece;
wherein the end pieces are wider than the backbone and comprising coupling facilities for respective rotor arms, each rotor arm configured for supporting motor and propeller assemblies;
a pair of elongated batteries;
wherein the end pieces and at least a portion of the backbone form a receptacle on two opposite sides of the backbone for releasably receiving the elongated batteries;
wherein the elongated batteries, the backbone and the end pieces form an elongate and substantially rectangular body assembly;
battery holding and locking parts arranged at a side of the forward and rearward end pieces for releasable locking engagement with corresponding battery holding and locking arrangement parts located at short sides at ends of the elongated batteries; and
wherein the battery holding and locking parts are substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the main body and facing each other.