公开(公告)号：US12130204B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17629078

申请日：2020-08-05

申请人： SeekOps Inc.

发明人： Andrew David Aubrey ,  Brendan James Smith

IPC分类号： G01M3/04 ,  B64U10/13 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/25 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U101/26 ,  B64U101/30 ,  B64U101/60 ,  G08G5/04

CPC分类号： G01M3/04 ,  B64U10/13 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/25 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U2101/26 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  G08G5/045

摘要： Systems, devices, and methods for a mobile vehicle, the mobile vehicle comprising a base station; an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the UAV is launched from the base station; a payload disposed on the UAV, where the payload is configured to generate payload data of at least one infrastructure, and where the payload data comprises at least one of: a gas sensor data, an infrared imager for optical gas imaging (OGI) camera data, an infrared imager tuned for radiometric measurement camera data, a visible camera data, and a 3D mapping data; and a processor in communication with the UAV and the payload, where the processor is configured to determine an integrity of the at least one infrastructure based on payload data from the payload.

公开(公告)号：US20240326680A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18699895

申请日：2022-10-27

申请人： Air Vev Ltd

发明人： Chen ROSEN

IPC分类号： B60P3/11 ,  B64U80/50 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/86

CPC分类号： B60P3/11 ,  B64U80/50 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/86

摘要： Stowing systems and methods to disassemble, store, and/or protect an aircraft, and in particular a VTOL aircraft, for transportation along standard public roadways. A stowing system attaches to the aircraft in a flight-ready state, and guides, supports, and/or stabilizes sub-assemblies of the aircraft as they are removed and moved into their stowed positions in preparation for transportation. In some embodiments, the stowing system is implemented as a trailer. The trailer, in some embodiments, is towable by car, such that the aircraft can be carried on and transported with the car and trailer by road. In some embodiments, the stowing system defines landing platform for the aircraft. It may provide facilities to help direct the aircraft to a precise location allowing support elements of the stowing system to be moved to engage with sub-assemblies of the aircraft along predefined degrees of freedom.

公开(公告)号：US12060174B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17999126

申请日：2021-05-10

申请人： Fotokite AG

发明人： Victor Chub ,  Alex Lieber ,  Sergei Lupashin ,  Christopher McCall ,  Milan Rohrer ,  Lukas Scherrer ,  Alexander Zhitelzeyf

IPC分类号： B64U80/70 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B64U10/16 ,  B64U10/60 ,  B64U70/93 ,  B64U80/86

CPC分类号： B64U80/70 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B64U10/16 ,  B64U10/60 ,  B64U70/93 ,  B64U80/86

摘要： A storage case, including, at least one door which is moveable between a first position in which the door is closed and a second position in which the door is opened; a platform, which can support an aerial vehicle; and a mechanical connection means which is connected between the platform and the at least one door, wherein the mechanical connection means is configured such that as the door is moved from its first position to its second position the platform is simultaneously elevated; and as the door is moved from its second position to its first position the platform is simultaneously lowered; and a controller configured to control the mechanical connection means. There is further provided a corresponding method of deploying an aerial vehicle; a corresponding method of storing an aerial vehicle; an assembly including the storage case and an aerial vehicle; and a vehicle including the storage case.

公开(公告)号：US11939046B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17513256

申请日：2021-10-28

申请人： Kitty Hawk Corporation

发明人： Benjamin Otto Berry ,  Graham Bowen-Davies ,  Madeline Elliott Parker ,  Cameron Robertson ,  Christopher Scott Saunders

IPC分类号： B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U80/70

CPC分类号： B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2211/00 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U80/70

摘要： A plurality of propellers generate vertical thrust at least some of the time. An attachment sub-system detachably couples to a vertical connector, where a plurality of vertically-stacked multicopters are configured to detachably couple to the vertical connector in order to transport a load at a bottom end of the vertical connector. There is an opening in a vehicle frame that is configured to: (1) receive the vertical connector prior to the attachment sub-system detachably coupling to the vertical connector and (2) hold the vertical connector while the attachment sub-system is detachably coupled to the vertical connector.

公开(公告)号：US11891192B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17262229

申请日：2018-07-23

申请人： Shanghai Autoflight Co. LTD.

发明人： Yu Tian

IPC分类号： B64F1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/20 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B64U70/60 ,  B64U80/60 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/82 ,  B64U80/84 ,  B64U80/86

CPC分类号： B64F1/007 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/20 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B64U70/60 ,  B64U80/60 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/82 ,  B64U80/84 ,  B64U80/86

摘要： A UAV landing platform having movable covers to securely store/maintain/charge a UAV. The UAV may be launched from the landing platform, and the landing platform can have visual indicators to guide the landing of the UAV back onto the landing platform. There can be an optional mechanism to self-adjust/self-level the landing surface such that a UAV can safely land onto the landing platform even when the landing platform is on a traveling vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11866168B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17485633

申请日：2021-09-27

申请人： GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

发明人： Neil E. Cooper ,  Eric S. Paternoster ,  Jason A. Schrader ,  Gary L. Bronstetter

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/70

CPC分类号： B64C39/024 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U2201/10

摘要： An enclosure for a UAS includes a housing having a base and a plurality of sidewalls coupled to the base, a motive apparatus coupled to the housing, a platform coupled to the motive apparatus, and a plurality of lids pivotably coupled to the sidewalls and the platform. The platform and the plurality of lids move collectively under control of the motive apparatus (e.g., a linear actuator). Driving the motive apparatus in a first direction causes the platform to raise from a stowed position toward a deployed position and causes each of the plurality of lids to pivot from a closed position toward an open position. Conversely, driving the motive apparatus in a second direction opposite the first direction causes the platform to lower from the deployed position toward the stowed position and causes each of the plurality of lids to pivot from the open position toward the closed position.

公开(公告)号：US11709487B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17397662

申请日：2021-08-09

申请人： Walter T. Charlton

发明人： Walter T. Charlton

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D7/00 ,  F41H11/00 ,  H04W84/12 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U101/00

CPC分类号： G05D1/0011 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D7/00 ,  B64D27/24 ,  F41H11/00 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： A protection system for a classroom or other space to protect against a terrorist. The system includes a fixed control unit and a mobile control unit. The fixed control unit contains a hanger for drones to be launched against the terrorist. The fixed control unit also includes data storage units, a computer, a computer program and a memory, power storage units, a sighting laser for obtaining location information about the terrorist and an etching laser for marking the terrorist, an optics system for receiving visual information, and a telecommunication unit to send and receive information. The mobile control unit is worn by a protecting person in the space and includes some of the same components as the fixed control unit. It also has a local aiming system that includes for example a rifle type sight. The drone is a self-contained, self-propelled robotic flying vehicle that can be very small or even the size of a mouse. It has a mag-lev engine, electrical storage units and an aeronautically shaped body.

公开(公告)号：US11661208B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16422685

申请日：2019-05-24

申请人： AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

发明人： Alexander Andryukov

IPC分类号： B64F1/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/12 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U70/70 ,  B64U80/70

CPC分类号： B64F1/04 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/12 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U70/70 ,  B64U80/70

摘要： An unmanned aerial vehicle launch tube that has a tube, a sabot disposed in an interior of said tube, said sabot having a first clasp tab, and a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting an inner circumferential wall of said tube so that said clasp is rotationally constrained by the inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.

公开(公告)号：US20240308658A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18673496

申请日：2024-05-24

申请人： VERITY AG

发明人： Federico Augugliaro ,  Philipp Reist ,  Markus Waibel ,  Markus Hehn

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/16 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U80/70 ,  G08G5/00

CPC分类号： B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/16 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U80/70 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0069

摘要： A flying machine storage container is provided that comprises multiple charging stations and a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism is configured to secure flying machines in the charging stations and securely close charging circuits between the storage container and the flying machines. A system for launching flying machines is also provided. The system comprises two regions and a transition region between the two regions. The two regions each constrain the positioning of a flying machine and the transition region enables a flying machine to move from the first region to the second region to reach an exit. A flying machine having sufficient performance capabilities will be able to successfully launch. Centralized and decentralized communication architectures are also provided for communicating data between a central control system, multiple storage containers, and multiple stored flying machines stored at each of the storage containers.

公开(公告)号：US12030632B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US18134218

申请日：2023-04-13

申请人： VERITY AG

发明人： Federico Augugliaro ,  Philipp Reist ,  Markus Waibel ,  Markus Hehn

IPC分类号： B64F1/16 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U80/70 ,  G08G5/00

CPC分类号： B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/16 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U80/70 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0069

摘要： A flying machine storage container is provided that comprises multiple charging stations and a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism is configured to secure flying machines in the charging stations and securely close charging circuits between the storage container and the flying machines. A system for launching flying machines is also provided. The system comprises two regions and a transition region between the two regions. The two regions each constrain the positioning of a flying machine and the transition region enables a flying machine to move from the first region to the second region to reach an exit. A flying machine having sufficient performance capabilities will be able to successfully launch. Centralized and decentralized communication architectures are also provided for communicating data between a central control system, multiple storage containers, and multiple stored flying machines stored at each of the storage containers.