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Unmanned aerial vehicle

US12404045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FLYABILITY SA · CH

Inventors

Stefano Zampieri · Ontario, US
Orsika Bojtar · Pully, CH
Ludovic Daler · Lausanne, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2022
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/0258
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle for non-destructive testing includes: an outer protective cage, a propulsion system mounted inside the outer protective cage and fixed thereto, an arm having a first end attached to the outer protective cage, and a non-destructive testing sensor mounted at a second end of the arm. The arm extends outward from the outer protective cage, the arm having a length between 1 and 50 percent of an overall linear dimension of the outer protective cage.

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