Unmanned aerial vehicle structures and methods

US10017237B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Donald Bolden Hutson · San Diego, US
• Clayton Dumstorff · San Diego, US
• Jonathan Paul Davis · Philadelphia, US
• Paul Ferrell · Avon, US
• Charles Wheeler Sweet, III · San Diego, US
• Travis Van Schoyck · Whitemarsh, US
• Ross Eric Kessler · Philadelphia, US
• Aleksandr Kushleyev · Philadelphia, US
• Daniel Warren Mellinger, III · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F15/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments described herein relates to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) having vibration dampening and isolation capabilities, the UAV including a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a third frame portion. Each of the first frame portion, the second frame portion, and the third frame portion is separated from one another. At least one first support member inelastically coupling the first frame portion and the third frame portion. At least one second support member elastically coupling the second frame portion and one or more of the first frame portion or the third frame portion to isolate the first frame portion and the third frame portion from vibration of the second frame portion.