US 12,448,158 B2
Unmanned vehicle with multiple transportation modes
Omar Eleryan, Boston, MA (US); and Szymon Czarnota, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to CLEO ROBOTICS INC., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by CLEO ROBOTICS INC., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,182.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/522,261, filed on Jun. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,999, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239530 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 50/14 (2023.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64U 50/14 (2023.01) [B64C 29/0033 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a duct defining a ducted air pathway with a central axis;
one or more propellers configured to move air along the ducted air pathway; and
one or more flaps disposed around the ducted air pathway and movable between a plurality of positions that vary a distance between one or more termination ends of the one or more flaps and the central axis, the one or more flaps providing horizontal directional control for the vehicle in a first transportation mode comprising a flight mode and a second transportation mode comprising a drive mode, wherein the horizontal directional control for the vehicle during the second transportation mode maintains the vehicle on a ground surface.