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Collapsible Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Description

This rotary-wing aerial vehicle system can be efficiently collapsed and transported. Innovative features include the ability to collapse for transport in a tube. One design feature that enables quick assembly is the snap-in feature of the lower arms as they fold into the central vehicle hub. The vehicle arms are further designed for easy repair after a vehicle crash as specific regions are intended to structurally fail to dissipate the force of impact on the rest of the vehicle.

Additional Information

Patent number and inventors

Patent pending

Michael Shafer, Kellan Rothfus, Lauren Adoram-Kershner, Jason Vizcaino, and Jeffrey Eberle

Potential applications

Applications extend to the broad range of uses for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Benefits and advantages

This invention features multiple design innovations for ease of transport and crash damage mitigation.

Case number and licensing status

2017-002

This invention is available for licensing.