Patent ID: 9545991
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B64C,Y02T

Claim:
1. An unmanned air-vehicle with deployable components (UAVDC) comprising: a fuselage; a wing arrangement segmented in a left wing section and a right wing section to enable variable sweep at approximately a lateral plane of symmetry between the left wing section and the right wing section, the wing arrangement being configurable in a first arrangement, a second arrangement, and third arrangement, a sweeping gearbox configured to pivot the left wing section and the right wing section to enable the wing arrangement to sweep from the first arrangement to the second arrangement at any sweep deployment angle, wherein the sweeping gearbox is covered by a fairing positioned relatively at a base of the left wing section and the right wing section, the fairing being constructed of a flexible material comprising at least one slit and at least one cutout, the fairing being configured to: an actuator coupled to the sweeping gearbox configured to actuate the sweeping of the wing arrangement at any sweep deployment angle.