US 11845530 B2 / Dec 19, 2023

Compact foldable multicopter unmanned aerial vehicle for cargo delivery

An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage having a first side and a second side, a first arm disposed on a first side of the fuselage, wherein the first arm is coupled to one or more first propellers, wherein the first arm is adapted to move between a first folded position in which the first arm is in a folded state inside the fuselage and a first extended position in which a first section of the first arm and the one or more first propellers are outside the fuselage, and a second arm disposed on the second side of the fuselage, wherein the second arm is coupled to one or more second propellers, wherein the second arm is adapted to move between a second folded position in which the second arm is in a folded state inside the fuselage and a second extended position in which a second section of the second arm and the one or more second propellers are outside the fuselage.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Publication number
US 11845530 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Dec 19, 2023
Filing date
Mar 24, 2022
CPC classes
B64U30/293, B64U10/16, B64U2101/64
Inventors
Morris; Stephen, Clavreul; Jean-Francois

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