Patents
US 12752938 B2: Systems and methods for a transformable unmanned aerial vehicle with coplanar and omnidirectional features
- Granted
- 2026-10-06
- Filed
- 2025-01-30 application 19041032
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A transformable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), can operate as a coplanar hexacopter or as an omnidirectional multirotor based on different operation modes. The UAV has 100% force efficiency for launching or landing tasks in the coplanar mode. In the omnidirectional mode, the UAV is fully actuated in the air for agile mobility in six degrees of freedom (DOFs). Models and control design are developed to characterize the motion of the transformable UAV. Simulation results are presented to validate the transformable UAV design and the enhanced UAV performance, compared with a fixed structure.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 (ipgb20261006.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University 1,571 patents | US company or organization | Tempe, AZ | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shi Lu | Mesa, AZ | 3 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 | |
| Yan Chen | Chandler, AZ | 14 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 | |
| Konstantinos Tsakalis | Chandler, AZ | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 | |
| Armando Rodriguez | Tempe, AZ | 5 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B64U | Unmanned aerial vehicles [uav]; equipment therefor | B64U10/16 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-06 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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