The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:
U.s. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US);
Inventors:
Hao Kang, Abingdon, MD (US);
John W. Gerdes, III, Bel Air, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); F41F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/028 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F41F 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/107 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64C 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an unmanned aerial system is described herein. An unmanned aerial system capable of being launched from a grenade launcher includes a tubular body that encloses a compartment for a payload and a battery, a motor coupled to the tubular body, a propeller coupled to the motor, and a parachute disposed within the tubular body when the unmanned aerial system is in a stowed configuration and disposed outside of the tubular body when the unmanned aerial system is in a powered flight configuration.