Micro-unmanned aerodynamic vehicle

US7341222B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• United States Department of Energy · US

Inventors

• Nigel Forest Reuel · Cambridge, US
• Troy A. Lionberger · Ann Arbor, US
• Paul C. Galambos · Albuquerque, US
• Murat Okandan · Edgewood, US
• Michael S. Baker · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U10/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A MEMS-based micro-unmanned vehicle includes at least a pair of wings having leading wing beams and trailing wing beams, at least two actuators, a leading actuator beam coupled to the leading wing beams, a trailing actuator beam coupled to the trailing wing beams, a vehicle body having a plurality of fulcrums pivotally securing the leading wing beams, the trailing wing beams, the leading actuator beam and the trailing actuator beam and having at least one anisotropically etched recess to accommodate a lever-fulcrum motion of the coupled beams, and a power source.