Reconfigurable battery-operated vehicle system

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20140061376A1
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13694388

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A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.

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AEROVIRONMENT INC900 INNOVATORS WAY SIMI VALLEY CA 93065

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Belik, Pavel Simi Valley, US 46 544
Fisher, Christopher E Simi Valley, US 24 332
McAllister, Justin B Simi Valley, US 21 304
Schmalzel, Mark L Simi Valley, US 1 143
Tokumaru, Phillip T Thousand Oaks, US 20 429
Torres, Gabriel Simi Valley, US 30 223
Tyler, Jeremy D Thousand Oaks, US 5 159
Zwaan, John Peter Simi Valley, US 35 359

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