Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles with kites
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Application No.: US17365742Application Date: 2021-07-01
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Publication No.: US11772816B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Benjamin T. Brown , Alice E. Fockele , Jesse D. Kiewit , Jacob S. Allen , John R. Wong , Kelly A. Comstock , Daniel L. Shaw
- Applicant: Insitu, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bingen
- Assignee: INSITU, INC.
- Current Assignee: INSITU, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bingen
- Agency: HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN
- Main IPC: B64C31/06
- IPC: B64C31/06 ; B64F1/02 ; B64C39/02
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles with kites are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a tether line to be supported by a kite at a distal end thereof, and a release to deploy and expand a parafoil from at least one of the tether line or the kite in response to the aircraft contacting the tether line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230002076A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO RECOVER UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES WITH KITES Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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