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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company;
Inventors:
James J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Daniel J. Perron, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods to launch an aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system to launch an aircraft comprises a launch arm comprising at least one load cell, an aircraft coupled to the launch arm, and a release mechanism in communication with the at least one load cell, wherein the release mechanism releases the aircraft when the at least one load cell indicates that a load on the launch arm is below a predetermined threshold. Other embodiments may be described.