US 12,145,714 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 Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,601.
Application 17/873,601 is a division 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 2023/0144408 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/29 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/10 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 47/08 (2013.01) [B64C 27/001 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/29 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/10 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotor assembly for an aerial vehicle, the rotor assembly comprising:
a rotor housing including walls substantially enclosing an interior space from a space exterior to the rotor housing;
a motor arranged substantially within the interior space of the rotor housing, the motor coupled to one or more rotor blades arranged within the space exterior to the rotor housing via an axle; and
an image capture device arranged substantially within the interior space of the rotor housing and oriented so as to capture images of a physical environment surrounding the rotor assembly, while in use.