Patent ID: 11958601
Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system of connectable aerial vehicles, the system comprising:
a plurality of aerial vehicles, each comprising:
a body;
a platform that is operatively connected to the body and that is spaced outward from a first side of the body, the platform comprising an outer edge that is spaced laterally outward beyond the body;
arms that extend laterally outward from the body;
rotors operatively connected to the arms, the rotors extend outward from a second side of the body with the rotors positioned laterally away from the body and spaced apart from the platform, the rotors positioned laterally inward from the outer edge of the platform, and
a power source that supplies power to the one or more rotors;

wherein the plurality of aerial vehicles are configured to:
operate in air,
operate in water while connected together as a collective unit and form an enlarged platform, the enlarged platform configured to support an object, with at least a portion of each of the plurality of aerial vehicles configured to form a segment of the enlarged platform;

wherein during operation in the water, the enlarged platform is positioned on the first sides of the bodies of the aerial vehicles and the rotors are positioned on the second sides of the bodies of the aerial vehicles for the rotors to be submerged in the water while the enlarged platform is positioned above the water;
wherein one of the aerial vehicles is a control vehicle that controls an operation of the collective unit.