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公开(公告)号:US20020193914A1
公开(公告)日:2002-12-19
申请号:US10045777
申请日:2002-01-11
Inventor: Tony L. Talbert , John Mark Kulo
IPC: B64C013/00
CPC classification number: B64C13/50 , B64C31/036 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/044 , B64C2201/105 , B64C2201/107 , B64C2201/123 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/146 , B64C2201/165 , B64D47/08
Abstract: A remote-control powered parafoil aircraft has an aircraft body (1) that is engine powered and hung with lines (2) from an air-expandable wing (3, 30). The lines include control lines (15) with which air flow and aerodynamic shape of the air-expandable wing are variable selectively from a foil controller (18, 19, 20) on the aircraft body for flight-mode control. Sight from a television camera (8) on the aircraft body is televised to a control unit (9) from which control data is transmitted selectively from proximate the control unit to the foil controller (14) with a multi-axis joystick or similar control, to an engine (6) on the parafoil body from an engine controller (24) and to an item servo (29) for control of optional items (45) on the aircraft body.
Abstract translation: 遥控动力的parafoil飞机具有发动机动力并悬挂有来自可膨胀翼(3,30)的线(2)的飞机主体(1)。 这些管线包括控制线(15),空气膨胀翼的空气流动和空气动力学形状可选择性地从飞行器体上的箔控制器(18,19,20)可变地进行飞行模式控制。 来自飞机机体上的电视摄像机(8)的视线被电视传送到控制单元(9),控制数据通过多轴操纵杆或类似的控制从控制单元的附近被选择性地发送到箔片控制器(14) 从发动机控制器(24)到达副翼车体上的发动机(6)和用于控制飞机主体上的可选项(45)的物品伺服(29)。
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公开(公告)号:US20020066825A1
公开(公告)日:2002-06-06
申请号:US09884852
申请日:2001-06-18
Inventor: Carlos T. Miralles , Bart D. Hibbs
IPC: B64C003/56
CPC classification number: B64G1/222 , B64C1/30 , B64C3/56 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/082 , B64C2201/102 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , B64C2201/148 , B64C2201/185 , B64C2201/203 , B64G1/105 , B64G1/62
Abstract: Disclosed is a spacecraft carrying a number of pods, each containing an aircraft that has been folded to fit in the pod. Each aircraft has a vertical stabilizer and outboard wing-portions that fold around fore-and-aft axes. Each aircraft also has a fuselage that folds around a lateral axis. The spacecraft releases one or more of the pods into an atmosphere. Each of the pods is configured with an ablative heat shield and parachutes to protect its aircraft when the pod descends through the atmosphere. The pod releases its aircraft at a desired altitude or location, and the aircraft unfolds while free-falling. The aircraft then acquires and follows a flight path, and activates scientific experiments and instruments that it carries. The aircraft relays results and readings from the experiments and instruments to the spacecraft, which in turn relays the results and readings to a mission command center.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种携带多个荚的飞船,每个荚都包含已折叠以适应荚的飞机。 每架飞机都有一个垂直的稳定器和外侧翼部分,它们围绕前后轴线折叠。 每架飞机还具有折叠横轴的机身。 航天器将一个或多个荚释放到气氛中。 每个荚配置有烧蚀式防护罩和降落伞,以在荚果通过大气层时保护其飞机。 吊舱将其飞机放置在所需的高度或位置,飞机在自由落体时展开。 飞机然后获得并遵循飞行路线,并激活它所携带的科学实验和仪器。 飞机将实验和仪器的结果和读数中继到航天器,然后将结果和读数中继到任务指挥中心。
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公开(公告)号:US6142421A
公开(公告)日:2000-11-07
申请号:US231368
申请日:1999-01-13
Applicant: Miles R. Palmer
Inventor: Miles R. Palmer
IPC: B64C39/02 , B64D1/22 , B64D37/04 , B64D37/06 , B64D37/12 , B64D39/00 , F42B15/00 , B64C39/00 , B64D37/02
CPC classification number: B64D37/12 , B64C39/024 , B64D1/22 , B64D37/04 , B64D37/06 , B64D39/00 , F42B15/00 , B64C2201/044 , B64C2201/084 , B64C2201/088 , B64C2201/105 , B64C2201/121 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/146 , B64C2201/165 , B64C2201/205
Abstract: A vehicle refueling system includes an aero vehicle and a fuel bladder system. The fuel bladder system includes a fuel bladder, a pickup loop of a predetermined loop size, a reel mechanism to retract at least one side of the pickup loop to reduce the loop size, a snag sensor to sense when the pickup loop has been hooked by the retractable hook, the snag sensor initiating the reel mechanism, a compass to sense the random orientation of the loop, a radio navigation receiver to sense a location of the loop, and a transmitter to transmit the random orientation and the location. The vehicle includes a fuselage, a retractable hook with a hook sensor to detect when a fuel bladder is hooked and the loop size has been reduced by the reel mechanism, a fuel bladder stowage chamber within the fuselage, a fuel intake tube capable of drawing fuel from the fuel bladder stowed in the stowage chamber, a retraction mechanism to retract the retractable hook, a fuel transfer mechanism to transfer fuel from the fuel bladder into an internal fuel tank, and a fuel bladder discard mechanism to discard the fuel bladder after the fuel has been drawn from the fuel bladder.
Abstract translation: 车辆加油系统包括航空车辆和燃料囊系统。 燃料囊系统包括燃料囊,预定环尺寸的拾取环,卷绕机构,用于缩回拾取环的至少一侧以减小环的尺寸;阻挡传感器,用于感测拾取环何时已被钩住 可伸缩钩,启动卷轴机构的阻塞传感器,用于感测环路的随机取向的罗盘,用于感测回路位置的无线电导航接收器,以及发送器,以发送随机取向和位置。 车辆包括机身,具有钩传感器的可伸缩钩,用于检测燃料囊何时被钩住,并且通过卷轴机构减小了环路尺寸,机身内部的燃料囊存放室,能够吸引燃料的燃料进入管 从装载在储存室中的燃料气囊,收回缩回钩的缩回机构,用于将燃料从燃料气囊输送到内部燃料箱中的燃料转移机构,以及在燃料之后废弃燃料气囊的燃料气体排出机构 已从燃油囊中抽出。
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公开(公告)号:US20190202554A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-04
申请号:US15856301
申请日:2017-12-28
Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
Inventor: William Bosworth
CPC classification number: B64C39/024 , B25J5/00 , B25J15/0028 , B60L53/14 , B60L53/60 , B64C39/022 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/187 , B64F1/007 , B64F1/16
Abstract: Disclosed herein are aircraft and landing gear systems configured to fix an aircraft to the ground. For example, the aircraft and aircraft systems configured for ground manipulation. In one aspect, an aircraft with an arm and end-effector may be fixed a ground surface to facilitate ground-based robotic manipulation tasks.
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公开(公告)号:US20190172359A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-06
申请号:US15831999
申请日:2017-12-05
Applicant: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Ken ARGO
CPC classification number: G08G5/0034 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , G08G5/0039 , G08G5/0069
Abstract: A system and method for rapidly modifying flight mission plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is described. This includes a programming controller that requests the name of the existing flight mission in the UAV. When the requested name of the existing flight mission in the UAV is found to be the same name as that of the desired flight mission in the programming controller then the UAV is simply enabled by the programming controller to carry out the desired flight mission. When the requested name of the existing flight mission in the UAV is found not to be the same name as the modified flight mission in the programming controller then the programming controller creates and provides instructions to the UAV for rapidly updating the existing flight mission into the desired flight mission. These rapid updating instructions are similar to currently used ways of synchronizing personal computers in point-in-time procedures.
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公开(公告)号:US20180305014A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-25
申请号:US16017133
申请日:2018-06-25
Applicant: Lucas J. Myslinski
Inventor: Lucas J. Myslinski
IPC: B64C39/02 , G06F17/27 , H04N7/18 , H04N5/77 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/10 , G06Q50/00 , G06K9/00 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/20 , G06Q30/02 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q10/04 , B64D47/02 , G06Q50/26 , B64D5/00 , G08B21/18 , B64D47/08
CPC classification number: B64C39/024 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/22 , B64D5/00 , B64D47/02 , B64D47/08 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/104 , G06F17/2705 , G06F17/2785 , G06K9/00362 , G06K9/0063 , G06K9/00711 , G06K9/00771 , G06K9/6202 , G06Q10/04 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q10/063 , G06Q10/0833 , G06Q30/0201 , G06Q30/0202 , G06Q30/0207 , G06Q30/0282 , G06Q50/01 , G06Q50/26 , G06T7/20 , G06T2207/10016 , G06T2207/10032 , G06T2207/30196 , G06T2207/30232 , G08B21/18 , H04N5/77 , H04N5/772 , H04N7/183 , H04N7/188
Abstract: A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device.
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公开(公告)号:US10059428B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-28
申请号:US15233927
申请日:2016-08-10
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Daniel Bryan Robertson , Kirk Landon Groninga , Frank Bradley Stamps
CPC classification number: B64C39/024 , B64C3/16 , B64C11/006 , B64C37/02 , B64C39/005 , B64C2201/021 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/126 , B64D5/00
Abstract: An inflight connection system for aircraft having at least one wing with a wingtip includes, for each aircraft, a primary connector selectively extendable from the wingtip, an alignment connector selectively extendable from the wingtip and a male and female connector assembly disposed proximate the wingtip. The primary connectors extend a greater distance from the wingtips than the alignment connectors such that the primary connectors form a first connection between the aircraft when the aircraft are flying in a connection pattern. Thereafter, retraction of the primary connectors reduces wingtip separation of the aircraft such that the alignment connectors form a second connection between the aircraft establishing coarse alignment therebetween. Thereafter, retraction of the primary and alignment connectors further reduces wingtip separation of the aircraft such that the male and female connector assemblies form a third connection between the aircraft establishing fine alignment therebetween.
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公开(公告)号:US10054939B1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-21
申请号:US14033511
申请日:2013-09-22
Applicant: Paul G. Applewhite
Inventor: Paul G. Applewhite
CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 , B64C11/04 , B64C11/28 , B64C27/82 , B64C29/0083 , B64C29/02 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/024 , B64C2201/08 , B64C2201/082 , B64C2201/084 , B64C2201/088 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/146 , B64F1/04 , B64F1/06 , G05D1/104 , G08G5/00 , G08G5/0008 , G08G5/0013 , G08G5/0069
Abstract: An improved unmanned aerial vehicular system having a rotor head assembly with any balanced number of rotary wings or blades, a generally tubular body assembly, a gimballed neck connecting the head to the body, and a navigation, communications and control unit such as for military and humanitarian operations, including payload delivery and pickup. The vehicle is generally guided using a global positioning satellite signal, and by pre-programmed or real time targeting. The vehicle is generally electrically powered and may be launched by one of (a) hand-launch, (b) air-drop, (c) catapult, (d) tube-launch, or (e) sea launch, and is capable of landing on both static and dynamic targets. Once launched, unmanned aerial vehicles may be formed into arrays on a target area and find use in surveillance, warfare, and in search-and-rescue operations.
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公开(公告)号:US20180173235A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15851455
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Inventor: Donald R. High , David C. Winkle , Michael D. Atchley , Brian G. McHale , Nicholas Ray Antel , John J. O'Brien , Todd D. Mattingly
CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , B64C2201/20
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to autonomously completing a task. In some embodiments, a drone comprises a propulsion mechanism, an attachment point configured to releasably receive and secure at least one tool to the drone, a plurality of sensors configured to detect information regarding a performance of the task by the drone when a particular tool is secured to the attachment point, and a control circuit configured to receive the information regarding the performance of the task by the drone, determine that the performance of the task is inadequate, and in response to a determination that the performance of the task is inadequate, at least one of (a) select a new tool with which to perform the task to replace the particular tool and (b) transmit a notification indicating that a new drone is needed to perform the task using the particular tool.
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公开(公告)号:US20180170491A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15387476
申请日:2016-12-21
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Charles Nordstrom , Brian Hachtmann , Fort Felker
CPC classification number: B63B35/50 , B63B21/50 , B64C39/022 , B64C2201/021 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/126 , B64C2201/145 , B64C2201/18 , F03D5/00 , F03D9/25 , F03D9/32 , F03D13/25 , F05B2240/921 , F05B2240/93 , G05D1/0866 , Y02E10/725
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operating aerial vehicles in water-based locations. Specifically, an exemplary system may include a floating tether station and an aerial vehicle coupled to the floating tether station by a tether. The system may also include a floating landing station. In such a scenario, the aerial vehicle may be configured to land on the landing station. In an example embodiment, the system may include a plurality of floating landing stations, where each floating landing station is coupled to the floating tether station. In such a scenario, at least three landing stations may be arranged about the tether station with a 120 degree azimuth spacing between adjacent landing stations.
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