公开(公告)号：US20180148168A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15365414

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Daniel I. Newman

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64D9/00

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C1/30 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/50 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64D9/003

Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes one or more rotors and a cargo container. The one or more rotors are configured to propel the aerial vehicle. The cargo container defines a cargo volume and is configured to travel with the aerial vehicle during propulsion by the one or more rotors. The cargo container is further configured to contain, at least, the one or more rotors, when the aerial vehicle is not configured for moving cargo.

公开(公告)号：US09969491B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US14843329

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： James David Strayer

IPC: B64F1/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64C5/06

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B63G3/04 ,  B63G2008/004 ,  B63G2008/008 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/167 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64C2201/205

Abstract: A drone launch system includes a canister defining an internal cavity, and a drone positioned within the internal cavity in a stowed state. The drone is configured to be ejected from the canister and transition from the stowed state into a deployed state outside of the canister. A method for launching a drone, the method includes positioning the drone in a stowed state in an internal cavity of a canister, ejecting the drone from the canister, and transitioning the drone into a deployed state after the ejecting operation.

公开(公告)号：US20180118374A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15663238

申请日：2017-07-28

Applicant: STABILIS INC.

Inventor： Manuel Lombardini ,  Joseph Koehler ,  Rashad Moarref

IPC: B64F3/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B60L9/00

CPC classification number: B64F3/02 ,  B60L9/00 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  B64C2201/201

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a ground station including a case, a power supply housed in the case, and a tether having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end of the tether is coupled to the case. The unmanned aerial vehicle system also includes a module including smart battery authentication circuitry configured to be coupled to the second end of the tether. The module is configured to be connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The smart battery authentication circuitry enables the unmanned aerial vehicle to receive power from the power supply housed in the case when the module is connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20180029723A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15548834

申请日：2016-01-28

Applicant: AIROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： Ran Krauss ,  Meir Kliner

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64F1/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64F1/02 ,  B64F1/12 ,  B64F1/18 ,  G05D1/0676

Abstract: A system for homing and recharging an unmanned vehicle comprises a plurality of homing layers operative along the radius of an imaginary circle that has the homing target at its center, each homing layer consisting of a sub-system provided with location means of increasing accuracy relative to that of a sub-system that operates along said radius farther away, from the center of said circle.

公开(公告)号：US09828094B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US14809276

申请日：2015-07-26

Applicant: John Benjamin McMillion

Inventor： John Benjamin McMillion

IPC: B64C39/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/22 ,  D06F29/00

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64D1/22 ,  D06F29/00

Abstract: This disclosure describes a plurality of unmanned vehicles configured to complete cleaning tasks with little or no human involvement by identifying objects, operating washing/drying cleaning machine(s) as needed, and transporting objects to and from cleaning machine(s). The unmanned vehicles may also return objects to designated locations after cleaning, or simply arrange objects within rooms based on an ideal room arrangement state.

公开(公告)号：US20170327228A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15432571

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: Hood Technology Corporation

Inventor： Andreas H. von Flotow ,  Corydon C. Roeseler ,  Daniel Pepin Reiss

IPC: B64D3/00 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C27/48 ,  B64C25/08 ,  B64C27/001 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2027/003 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64D1/00 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B64D3/00 ,  B64D5/00 ,  B64D35/02 ,  B64F1/02 ,  B65D25/10 ,  B65D85/68 ,  B65D2585/687

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.

公开(公告)号：US20170327212A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15432483

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: Hood Technology Corporation

Inventor： Andreas H. von Flotow ,  Corydon C. Roeseler

IPC: B64C27/26 ,  B64D3/00 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C27/48 ,  B64C25/08 ,  B64C27/001 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2027/003 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64D1/00 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B64D3/00 ,  B64D5/00 ,  B64D35/02 ,  B64F1/02 ,  B65D25/10 ,  B65D85/68 ,  B65D2585/687

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.

公开(公告)号：US09776719B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US14018493

申请日：2013-09-05

Applicant: Raytheon Company

Inventor： Erick W. Elkins ,  Matthew Glenn Murphy ,  Scott D. Thomas

IPC: B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64C2201/206

Abstract: A container is used to launch a small aircraft, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a host aircraft. The container protects the UAV from stresses during the initial ejection from a launcher that is part of the host aircraft. The initial stresses may be due to turbulence in the vicinity of the host aircraft, high airspeed, and/or tumbling that may result from the ejection from the host aircraft moving at a high airspeed. The container may deploy a drag device, such as a drogue chute, to slow the container down and reorient the container, prior to deployment of the UAV from the container. During the time between ejection from the host aircraft and deployment from the container, the UAV may be powered up and acquire data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, to allow the UAV a “hot start” enabling immediate mission commencement.

公开(公告)号：US09760087B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14598281

申请日：2015-01-16

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Guillaume Hoareau ,  Johannes J. Liebenberg ,  John G. Musial ,  Todd R. Whitman

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  B64F1/22

CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/20 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64F1/222 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0043 ,  G08G5/0056 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0091

Abstract: According to an aspect, a distributed package transport system includes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), each of which is configured to transport packages within a geographic area and along a travel route. The system also includes UAV enclosures dispersed within the geographic area. The UAV enclosures include a number of cells, each of which provides a receptacle to temporarily house a UAV. At least one of the UAV enclosures is dynamically assigned to a location within the geographic area. Each of the UAV enclosures includes a computer processor and communication network interface and, for each of the UAVs in transit, the UAV enclosures communicate information specifying an origination point, drop off point, and return point amongst each other and coordinate to define, based on locations of the UAV enclosures and capacities of the UAV enclosures, a refined travel route including a subset of the UAV enclosures to serve as hops.

公开(公告)号：US20170257778A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15597320

申请日：2017-05-17

Applicant: Lee PRIEST

Inventor： Lee PRIEST

IPC: H04W16/18 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04W16/18 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G06T7/97 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G06T2200/04 ,  G06T2200/24 ,  G06T2200/36 ,  G06T2215/16 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/145 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04N7/185 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: Systems and method for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a cell site and associated fiber connectivity for one or more of a cell site audit, a site survey, and cell site planning and engineering include determining fiber connectivity at or near the cell site; obtaining first data capture of the fiber connectivity at or near the cell site; obtaining second data capture of paths of the fiber connectivity from the cell site; obtaining third data capture of the cell site including a cell tower, associated cell site components on the cell tower, one or more buildings, and surrounding geography around the cell site; utilizing the first data capture, the second data capture, and the third data capture to develop the 3D model; and utilizing the 3D model to perform the one or more of the site audit, the site survey, and the cell site planning and engineering.