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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventor:
William Bosworth, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B64C 25/32 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64F 1/007 (2013.01); B64F 1/16 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01); B64C 2201/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are aircraft and landing gear systems configured to fix an aircraft to the ground. For example, the aircraft and aircraft systems configured for ground manipulation. In one aspect, an aircraft with an arm and end-effector may be fixed a ground surface to facilitate ground-based robotic manipulation tasks.