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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64F 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/046 (2013.01); B64C 2201/063 (2013.01); B64C 2201/066 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01);
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.


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