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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:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);
Inventors:
Andreas H. von Flotow, Hood River, OR (US);
Corydon C. Roeseler, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 37/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/125 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes various systems and methods configured to: launch a fixed-wing aircraft from a moving object into free, wing-borne flight using a multicopter; retrieve the multicopter after fixed-wing aircraft launch using a retrieval winch; retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from free, wing-borne flight back onto the moving object using the multicopter; and retrieve the multicopter after fixed-wing aircraft retrieval using the retrieval winch.