Patent ID: 8946607
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a fuselage, a deployment mechanism supported by said fuselage, and an airfoil-shaped body attached to said deployment mechanism and rotatable between stowed and deployed positions, wherein said deployment mechanism comprises: first and second links which are pivotably coupled to each other at a first joint, a third link that is attached to said fuselage and pivotably coupled to said first link at a second joint, and a fourth link comprising a first portion that is pivotably coupled to said second link at a third joint and a second portion that is pivotably coupled to said third link, said fourth link being rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein said airfoil-shaped body is attached to said second portion of said fourth link and is not attached to any of said first, second and third links, and wherein said airfoil-shaped body can rotate with said fourth link from said stowed position at which said first, second and third joints are not aligned to a deployed position at which said first, second and third joints are aligned.