Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned aircraft with failsafe system
- Patent Title (中): 无人机与故障安全系统
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Application No.: US14221126Application Date: 2014-03-20
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Publication No.: US09120579B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Bjorn De Smet , Maarten De Moor , Peter Cosyn
- Applicant: Gatewing NV
- Applicant Address: BE Ghent
- Assignee: Gatewing NV
- Current Assignee: Gatewing NV
- Current Assignee Address: BE Ghent
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: EP13181174 20130821
- Main IPC: B64D31/06
- IPC: B64D31/06 ; G05D1/06 ; B64C39/00 ; G05D1/00 ; B64C11/00

Abstract:
An unmanned aircraft configured to fall or crash in a controlled and safe manner. The unmanned aircraft includes a drive system to thrust the unmanned aircraft during a flight, and a reverse thrust system to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft during a landing. The unmanned aircraft further includes a controller operationally coupled to the reverse thrust system, and a detector to detect and notify to the controller that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation during the flight. The controller is adapted to activate the reverse thrust system in order to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft in-flight upon notification from the detector that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150053824A1 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT WITH FAILSAFE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-02-26
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