US 12,434,816 B2
Flying object with backward-tilting delivery payload mechanism
Yoichi Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Narumi Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); and Takuya Hori, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AERONEXT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/683,725
Filed by AERONEXT INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/021395
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/026616, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 2023.
Application 18/683,725 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/030862, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0351684 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 17/02 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 17/02 (2013.01) [B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flying object capable of traveling in a front-rear direction, the flying object comprising:
an airframe including a center position and a center point of lift generation,
a loading part holding a delivery payload, wherein the loading part is attached to the airframe such that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the front-rear direction in a landing state or a hovering state of the flying object,
and in the landing or hovering state, a center position of the loading part is rearward of the center position of the airframe in the front-rear direction and above the center point of lift generation.