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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Leo, IN (US);
Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee, Simi Valley, CA (US);
William Arden Lott, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/005 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/066 (2013.01); B64C 2201/088 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system including: a rearward facing tang extending from a rear fuselage portion of a VTOL UAV; one or more metallic contacts disposed on an exterior surface of the tang; a UAV pod including a landing surface; and an opening disposed in the landing surface to receive the tang.