Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pod launch and landing system for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)
-
Application No.: US16410704Application Date: 2019-05-13
-
Publication No.: US11603218B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Christopher Eugene Fisher , Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee , William Arden Lott
- Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Agency: Concept IP LLP
- Agent Michael Zarrabian; Eric Aagaard
- Main IPC: B64F1/22
- IPC: B64F1/22 ; B64C39/02 ; B64F1/00 ; B64F1/02 ; B64C29/02 ; B64F1/04 ; B64F1/24
Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system, including: a UAV pod having an interior; and a telescoping UAV landing surface disposed in the interior of the UAV pod; where the telescoping UAV landing surface may translate up toward a top opening of the UAV pod, translate down into an interior of the UAV pod, or rotate relative to the UAV pod.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190276163A1 POD LAUNCH AND LANDING SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
Information query
