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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Carthew, Oakland, CA (US);
Aditya Singh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/06 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/084 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A launch includes a frame including a platform defining a slot designed to slideably receive a rudder of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. The launch includes two drive wheels rotatably supported by the frame and defining a space between each other. The space is open to the slot and designed to receive the rudder. The launch includes at least one variable speed drive wheel motor supported by the frame and operatively engaged with the drive wheels.