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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sean C. Magonigal, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
James B. Dryfoos, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Jeffrey S. Bender, Gilbert, AZ (US);
John C. Walters, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/00 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01M 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Test systems and methods for testing hover flight of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In one embodiment, a test system includes a winch having a cable, and a mounting tree assembly configured to attach to the cable of the winch and to attach to the UAV. The winch is configured to restrain an altitude of the UAV during hover flight while the mounting tree assembly permits five degrees of freedom for the UAV.