Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft grounding system
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Application No.: US15156077Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US09957065B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Christopher Eugene Fisher , John Peter Zwaan , David R. Thompson , Marc L. Schmalzel , Karl R. Klingbiel , Tyson R. Jensen , Pavel Belik , Eric James Aagaard
- Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Agent Pejman Yedidsion; Michael Zarrabian; Eric Aagaard
- Main IPC: B64F1/12
- IPC: B64F1/12 ; B64F1/16 ; B05B1/02 ; B29C65/48 ; B64C39/02 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170021945A1 AIRCRAFT GROUNDING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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