US 12,077,316 B2
Autonomous aerial vehicle hardware configuration
Benjamin Scott Thompson, San Carlos, CA (US); Adam Parker Bry, Redwood City, CA (US); Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Redwood City, CA (US); Abraham Galton Bachrach, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US); Kevin Patrick Smith O′Leary, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick Allen Lowe, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel Thomas Adams, Palo Alto, CA (US); Justin Michael Sadowski, Menlo Park, CA (US); Zachary Albert West, Mountain View, CA (US); and Josiah Timothy VanderMey, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,662.
Application 17/900,662 is a continuation of application No. 16/395,110, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,453,513.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,194, filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002074 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 47/08 (2013.01) [B64C 27/001 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the UAV comprising:
an integrated fixed flight surface comprising an aircraft fuselage integrated with multiple flight surfaces, the aircraft fuselage extending along a longitudinal axis from a forward end to an aft end with a port side and a starboard side on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis,
wherein the integrated fixed flight surface includes:
at least one aperture passing therethrough arranged between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the fixed flight surface, and
at least one control surface arranged on the fixed flight surface that, when actuated, cause the UAV to maneuver;
at least one powered rotor including rotor blades arranged so as to rotate freely within the at least one aperture,
wherein the aperture is elongated and slender with a predominantly rectangular form designed to substantially accommodate the rotor blades;
at least one image capture device arranged along the leading edge of the integrated flight surface; and
at least one image capture device arranged along the trailing edge of the integrated flight surface.