Delivery rotary-wing aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11325696-B2
Application number	US-201616338970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2016
Priority date	Oct 3, 2016
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A delivery rotary-wing aircraft has a plurality of rotary wings, a central portion to which a plurality of arms for supporting the rotary wings are connected, a first mounting portion for loading a package, a second mounting portion which is located on the opposite side to the first mounting portion as viewed from the central portion, a first supporting member for coupling the first mounting portion with the central portion, and a connection portion between the central portion and the first supporting member. The center point of lift occurring in the rotary-wing aircraft with the rotation of the plurality of rotary wings and the center point of gravity of the rotary-wing aircraft coincide with the center point of the connection portion. The first supporting member is equipped with an adjustment mechanism for vertically downwardly extending the length of the first supporting member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A delivery rotary-wing aircraft comprising:
a plurality of rotary wings;
a central portion to which a plurality of arm portions for supporting the rotary wings are connected;
a first mounting portion for loading a package;
a second mounting portion which is located on the opposite side to the first mounting portion as viewed from the central portion;
a first supporting member for connecting the first mounting portion with the central portion; and
a connection portion between the central portion and the first supporting member,
wherein a center point of lift occurring in the rotary-wing aircraft with rotations of the plurality of rotary wings and a center point of gravity of the rotary-wing aircraft coincide with the center point of the connection portion, and
wherein the first supporting member is equipped with an adjustment mechanism for vertically downwardly extending the length of the first supporting member.

2. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first supporting member comprises an outer cylindrical supporting member and an inner cylindrical supporting member,
wherein the inner cylindrical supporting member is accommodated in the outer cylindrical supporting member, and the inner cylindrical supporting member slides downward to vertically downwardly extend the length of the first supporting member.

3. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second mounting portion has a control device which measures the numbers of rotations of the plurality of rotary wings by a measuring device, and decreases the numbers of revolutions of the plurality of rotary wings when the rotary-wing aircraft arrives above a destination and moves downwards to the destination.

4. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second mounting portion has a control device which measures the numbers of rotations of the plurality of rotary wings by a measuring device, and decreases the numbers of revolutions of the plurality of rotary wings when the rotary-wing aircraft arrives above a destination and moves downwards to the destination.

5. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first supporting member has a joint portion between the connection portion and the first mounting portion.

6. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first supporting member has a joint portion between the connection portion and the first mounting portion.

7. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first supporting member has a joint portion between the connection portion and the first mounting portion.

8. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first supporting member has a joint portion between the connection portion and the first mounting portion.

9. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 5 ,
wherein, when the rotary-wing aircraft moves in the horizontal direction, the first supporting member is horizontally positioned by bending the first supporting member in the traveling direction with the joint portion as a fulcrum.

10. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 6 ,
wherein, when the rotary-wing aircraft moves in the horizontal direction, the first supporting member is horizontally positioned by bending the first supporting member in the traveling direction with the joint portion as a fulcrum.

11. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 7 ,
wherein, when the rotary-wing aircraft moves in the horizontal direction, the first supporting member is horizontally positioned by bending the first supporting member in the traveling direction with the joint portion as a fulcrum.

12. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 8 ,
wherein, when the rotary-wing aircraft moves in the horizontal direction, the first supporting member is horizontally positioned by bending the first supporting member in the traveling direction with the joint portion as a fulcrum.

13. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second supporting member for connecting the second mounting portion with the central portion,
wherein, when the rotary-wing aircraft moves in a horizontal direction, the rotary-wing aircraft rotates the first supporting member and the second supporting member by a given angle to position the first supporting member and the second supporting member in the horizontal direction.

14. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the center point of the connection portion is disposed on a plane formed by the plurality of rotary wings.

15. The delivery rotary-wing aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary-wing aircraft lands on a destination as the package touches the destination, and
wherein at a point above the destination, the first supporting member extends the length thereof.

Assignees

• Aeronext Inc

Inventors

• Suzuki Youichi

Classifications

• B64U2201/10

  autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS] · CPC title

• B64U2101/60

  for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons · CPC title

• B64U60/50

  with landing legs · CPC title

• B64U50/13

  using external fans or propellers · CPC title

• B64U40/20

  for in-flight adjustment of the base configuration · CPC title