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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Royds Hayes, White Salmon, WA (US);
Assignee:
INSITU, INC., Bingen, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 39/026 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/066 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes directing a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft to carry a second, carried aircraft aloft, and release the second aircraft for flight, while powering the first aircraft with an on-board battery. The method can further include directing the first aircraft to position a capture line in a flight path of the second aircraft to capture the second aircraft.