Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for docking an aerostat, and aerostat and receiving structures equipped for such a purpose
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Application No.: US16465055Application Date: 2017-11-27
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Publication No.: US11591113B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Sébastien Bougon
- Applicant: FLYING WHALES
- Applicant Address: FR Suresnes
- Assignee: FLYING WHALES
- Current Assignee: FLYING WHALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Suresnes
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd
- Priority: FR1661810 20161201
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/080555 WO 20171127
- International Announcement: WO2018/099870 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: B64F1/14
- IPC: B64F1/14 ; B64B1/66 ; B64C39/02 ; B66D1/12

Abstract:
A system for docking an aerostat on a receiving structure, including an unmanned aerial vehicle that can be controlled so as to move between the aerostat and the receiving structure, carrying a first end of a cable that has a second end fixed to the aerostat or the receiving structure, and to attach said first end to the receiving structure or to the aerostat such that the cable connects the aerostat to the receiving structure.
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