US 12,404,045 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Stefano Zampieri, Lausanne (CH); Orsika Bojtar, Pully (CH); and Ludovic Daler, Chardonne (CH)
Assigned to FLYABILITY SA, Lausanne (CH)
Appl. No. 18/706,133
Filed by FLYABILITY SA, Lausanne (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/060691
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/079523, PCT Pub. Date May 11, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000028253 (IT), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0425210 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 10/13 (2023.01) [B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle for non-destructive testing comprising:
an outer protective cage,
a propulsion system mounted inside the outer protective cage and fixed thereto,
an arm comprising a first end attached to the outer protective cage,
a plurality of mounting supports fastened to the outer protective cage in respective spaced-apart fastening portions of the outer protective case, each one of the mounting supports are reversibly attachable to the first end, the first end is reversibly attached to a mounting support selected from the plurality of mounting supports, and a non-destructive testing sensor mounted at a second end of the arm, wherein the arm extends outward from the outer protective cage, the arm having a length between 1 and 50 percent of an overall linear dimension of the outer protective cage.