US 11,718,399 B2
Flight equipment, aerial vehicle and protective member
Kenichi Lee, Tokyo (JP); and Takayoshi Inuma, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RAKUTEN GROUP, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/753,067
Filed by Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/047364
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/026468, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2018/029294 (WO), filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0277054 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 27/08 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Flight equipment comprising:
an aerial vehicle having a body and at least one rotor held on the body; and
a protective member having a plurality of support members that are connected to the aerial vehicle and a plurality of flexible members stretched between distal end portions of the plurality of support members so as to surround an outside of the body, wherein
the aerial vehicle or the protective member has at least one tension adjusting mechanism that adjusts a tension applied to at least one of the plurality of flexible members in a stretching direction, by changing a distance from a center of the body to a distal end portion of at least one of the plurality of support members.