Wing Aviation LLC

Ray Leung

Jesse Blake

James Schmalzried

Evan Twyford

Scott Velez

Adem Rudin

Elizabeth Marshman

Thorsten Schilling

Greg Vulikh

A landing gear assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a shock tower, a pair of leg members, and suspension assemblies. The shock tower is adapted to mount to a frame of a fuselage of the UAV and includes upper and lower end mounts. The leg members are adapted to extend out from opposing sides of the lower end mounts. The leg members are flexible and each include an upper leg section pivotally mounted to the lower end mount and a lower leg section adapted to connect to a ground gear. The suspension assemblies are each mounted to and extend between the upper end mount and a corresponding one of the leg members. The suspension assemblies each include a damper and a spring.

Multistage suspension for UAV landing gear

A landing gear assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. The landing gear assembly includes a mounting block assembly adapted to mount to a structural frame of a fuselage of the UAV, a shared shock assembly including a spring adapted to provide a spring force and a damper adapted to dampen oscillations of the spring, a pair of leg members extending out from the mounting block assembly, and a pair of pivot blocks each pivotally mounted to the mounting block assembly. The pivot blocks are rigidly connected to a corresponding one of the leg members and pivotally connected to one of opposing ends of the shared shock assembly. The leg members are each connected to a ground gear. An upward suspension travel of one or both of the ground gears rotates one or both of the pivot blocks, thereby compressing the spring.

UAV landing gear with shared suspension

A mobile nest for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a cuboid-shaped frame, staging pads, charging electronics, and exterior siding. The cuboid-shaped frame includes vertical supports positioned at corners of the cuboid-shaped frame. The staging pads are adapted for landing, launching, and charging the UAVs. The staging pads are mounted to pivot about two or more of the vertical supports. Each of the staging pads rotates into the cuboid-shaped frame when stowed and rotates out of the cuboid-shaped frame when deployed for launching or landing the corresponding one of the UAVs. The charging electronics are disposed within the cuboid-shaped frame and coupled to the staging pads to charge the UAVs when the UAVs are positioned on the staging pads. The exterior siding is mounted to the cuboid-shaped frame to provide a weather barrier that protects the UAVs from weather when the UAVs are stowed within the mobile housing structure.

Mobile UAV nest

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