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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2018
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
John Peter Zwaan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Robert James Johnston, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Cris James Cornell, La Cresnta, CA (US);
Philip Martin Finn, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Glenn Arnold Blevins, Simi Valley, CA (US);
David Wayne Ganzer, Simi Valley, CA (US);
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for impacting, by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV), a net having at least three sides; and converting the kinetic energy of the SUAV into at least one of: elastic potential energy of one or more tensioned elastic cords connected to at least one corner of the net, gravitational potential energy of a frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, rotational kinetic energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, and elastic potential energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net.