• Patent Title: Point take-off and landing of unmanned flying objects
  • Application No.: US14401430
    Application Date: 2013-04-23
  • Publication No.: US09637245B2
    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
  • Inventor: Meir Yoffe
  • Applicant: Meir Yoffe
  • Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
  • Priority: IL219836 20120516
  • International Application: PCT/IL2013/050351 WO 20130423
  • International Announcement: WO2013/171735 WO 20131121
  • Main IPC: B64F1/02
  • IPC: B64F1/02
Point take-off and landing of unmanned flying objects
Abstract:
Point take-off and landing systems for an unmanned flying object. In one embodiment, the flying object is guided along a flight trajectory and approaches a landing body such that a latching element, coupled with a suspension cable suspended from the flying body, latches with a receiving latch, coupled with an extendable retractable beam projecting horizontally from a landing body side surface. A cable release/retraction mechanism engages and then releases/retracts the suspension cable. The beam is as maneuvered to haul the flying object onto a landing surface. In another embodiment, the flying object is guided along a flight trajectory and approaches a landing body such that a latching element, coupled with a suspension cable suspended from the flying body, latches with a receiving cable, supported by cable supports projecting vertically from a landing body top surface. A cable release/retraction mechanism releases/retracts the suspension cable, hauling the flying object onto the landing surface.
Public/Granted literature
Information query
Patent Agency Ranking
0/0