Flying vehicle and flying method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11639221-B2
Application number	US-201816956951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2018
Priority date	Jan 3, 2018
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

[Object] To provide a flying vehicle in which a working unit can be brought close to an appropriate distance from a work target. [Solution] The flying vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a flying part having a plurality of rotary blades for generating thrust, a leg part, an arm part connecting the flying part and the leg part, and a fixed wing part provided at substantially the center of the arm part. The flying body further includes a mounting part installed to be movable between the first position of the arm part and the second position located behind the first position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flying vehicle, comprising:
a flying part having a plurality of rotary blades for generating thrust;
a leg part;
an arm part connecting the flying part and the leg part; and
a fixed wing part provided at substantially the center of the arm part,
wherein the arm part is a plurality of long members formed along a front-back direction of the fixed wing part,
wherein the leg part has a plate structure extending along the front-back direction and connected to the plurality of long members,
wherein the leg part is located at a rear end of the flying vehicle,
wherein the flying vehicle further comprises a mounting part installed to be movable between a first position of the arm part and a second position located behind the first position.

2. The flying vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the first position at least overlaps with the fixed wing part in a front-rear direction.

3. The flying vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the fixed wing part is configured to have a pair of two fixed wings, and
the first position is located between the pair of the fixed wings.

4. The flying vehicle of claim 3 ,
wherein the second position at least overlaps with the fixed wing part in a front-rear direction.

5. The flying vehicle of claim 4 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

6. The flying vehicle of claim 3 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

7. The flying vehicle of claim 2 ,
wherein the fixed wing part is configured to have a pair of two fixed wings, and
the first position is located between the pair of the fixed wings.

8. The flying vehicle of claim 7 ,
wherein the second position at least overlaps with the fixed wing part in a front-rear direction.

9. The flying vehicle of claim 8 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

10. The flying vehicle of claim 7 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

11. The flying vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the second position at least overlaps with the fixed wing part in a front-rear direction.

12. The flying vehicle of claim 11 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

13. The flying vehicle of claim 2 ,
wherein the second position at least overlaps with the fixed wing part in a front-rear direction.

14. The flying vehicle of claim 13 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

15. The flying vehicle of claim 1 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

16. The flying vehicle of claim 15 ,
wherein the connecting part connecting the flying part and the arm part is a gimbal.

17. The flying vehicle of claim 2 ,
further comprising a connecting part for connecting the flying part and the arm part so as to be displaceable independently of each other.

18. The flying vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of long members has a first end and a second end and extends longitudinally from the first end to the second end in the front-back direction, the first end is connected to the flying part, and the second end is connected to the leg part, and
wherein the leg part surrounds the plurality of long members.

19. A flying method of the flying vehicle of claim 1 , comprising:
a step of, in an initial state, setting the mounting part at the first position and mounting an object to be mounted, and of setting the arm part to stand vertically so that the flying part is at an upper end;
a step of driving the flying part to ascend the flying part to be the front end in a traveling direction;
a step of, at a predetermined height, flying the flying part by displacing the flying part toward the horizontal direction by approximately 90 degrees so that the arm part extends in the horizontal direction;
a step of, above a destination, setting the arm part to stand vertically so that the leg part is at a lower end, and displacing the mounting part from the first position to the second position; and
a step of descending so that the leg part is at the lower end.

20. The flying method of claim 19 ,
wherein, in the initial state, the leg part is set to contact ground.

Assignees

• Aeronext Inc

Inventors

• Suzuki Yoichi

Classifications

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• B64U2201/104

  using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. GPS · CPC title

• B64U30/293

  Foldable or collapsible rotors or rotor supports · CPC title

• B64U50/19

  using electrically powered motors · CPC title

• B64U30/10

  Wings · CPC title