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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
William D. Duncan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen L. Malaska, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle system includes a motor vehicle including an aircraft landing portion, and an actively propelled unmanned aircraft configured to be supported on the aircraft landing portion. The vehicle and aircraft are configured such that the vehicle can provide at least one of fuel and electrical energy to the aircraft while the aircraft is supported on the aircraft landing portion.