Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors

US10669018B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kitty Hawk Corporation · US

Inventors

• Aldo Daniele Longhi · Los Gatos, US
• Todd Reichert · Mountain View, US
• Cameron Robertson · San Mateo, US
• Joseph Roop · Sunnyvale, US
• Christopher Scott Saunders · San Jose, US
• Zachais Vawter · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C2025/325
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multicopter with boom mounted rotors is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter includes multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom. The multicopter further includes a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end. The multicopter includes a material, such as netting, secured to the aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions.