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Unmanned aerial vehicle

  • US 10,118,697 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2016
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

  • one or more propellers defining, during operation of the one or more propellers, a propeller operation zone comprising one or more areas swept by the one or more propellers;

    a flexible propeller guard extending beyond at least a portion of the propeller operation zone such that, during flight of the UAV, the flexible propeller guard protects at least one of the one or more propellers from collision; and

    a plurality of arms extending radially away from a body portion of the UAV, wherein at least one of the arms, when viewing the UAV along an axis of rotation of the one or more propellers, extends beyond the propeller operation zone, and wherein the arms are movable between a stored configuration, in which the arms are aligned with one another, and a deployed configuration, in which the arms extend radially away from the body portion,wherein the flexible propeller guard is of a sufficient length that in the stored configuration the flexible propeller guard is wrappable around at least some of the arms so as to restrain the arms in the stored configuration.

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