Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Having Foldable Fixed Wing and Based on Twin-Ducted Fan Power System
Patent №
US 11,634,222
Granted
2023-04-25
Filed 2019
Owner
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16613930
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle having a foldable fixed wing and a twin-ducted fan power system (7) arranged at a tail portion of a fuselage in a transverse and tail propulsion arrangement provides lift for vertical take-off and landing and propulsion for horizontal flight. By means of deflection of a control servo plane arranged at a duct exit, a vectored thrust is provided to enable a fast attitude change. When the aerial vehicle takes off and lands vertically/flies at a low speed, the wing is folded to reduce the frontal area exposure to crosswind. When the aerial vehicle is flying horizontally, the wing is expanded to obtain larger lift. A Coanda effect is created at a trailing edge of the wing by suction of the duct to improve performance.
AI classification
Ownership
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
assignment · 514000138
Assignors
PEI, HAILONG, CHENG, ZIHUAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.