US 12,084,181 B2
Unmanned aerial system for sampling atmospheric data
Phillip B. Chilson, Norman, OK (US); Antonio R. Segales Espinosa, Norman, OK (US); William J. Doyle, Norman, OK (US); Tyler M. Bell, Norman, OK (US); Brian R. Murillo Greene, Norman, OK (US); Joshua J. Martin, Norman, OK (US); Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, Norman, OK (US); and Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo, Norman, OK (US)
Assigned to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US)
Filed by The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,806, filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214079 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/35 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/35 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial system configured to measure one or more atmospheric conditions, the unmanned aerial system comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of arms extending outward from the frame;
a plurality of motorized rotors, wherein each of the plurality of motorized rotors is supported by a separate one of the plurality of arms;
a flight control module supported by the frame, wherein the flight control module comprises a flight control board;
an outer body that includes a front shell and a rear shell secured to the frame; and
a sensor package, wherein the sensor package comprises:
an air sampling scoop integrated into the front shell, wherein the air sampling scoop comprises:
an intake that faces forward; and
an exhaust adjacent to the ducted fan that faces downward;
a first sensor positioned inside the air sampling scoop; and
a ducted fan inside the air sampling scoop, wherein the ducted fan is configured to draw air through the air sampling scoop in contact with the first sensor.