US 12,358,611 B2
Apparatus and method for balancing aircraft with robotic arms
Alexander I. Poltorak, Monsey, NY (US)
Filed by Alexander I. Poltorak, Monsey, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/582,401.
Application 17/515,299 is a division of application No. 17/515,231, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,794,879, issued on Oct. 24, 2023.
Application 17/515,231 is a division of application No. 16/336,904, granted, now 11,453,480, issued on Sep. 27, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2017/056216, filed on Oct. 11, 2017.
Application 18/582,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/515,299, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,945,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/407,971, filed on Oct. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2025/0026469 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 17/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/24 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01); B64U 50/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 17/02 (2013.01) [B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/24 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01); B64U 50/12 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A flying machine, comprising:
a body;
one or more main rotor lift-generating assemblies attached to the body;
a robotic arm comprising an end effector, wherein the robotic arm is attached to the body and extends from the body to the end effector; and
a balancing rotor assembly attached to the robotic arm and located above the end effector to provide lift counterbalancing weight of the end effector with or without a payload carried by the end effector.