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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Hoverfly Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Alfred D. Ducharme, Oviedo, FL (US);
Adam Stepien, Umatilla, FL (US);
Jason Tabor, Orlando, FL (US);
Lucas Colt Whitaker, San Leandro, CA (US);
Daniel J. Burroughs, Longwood, FL (US);
Assignee:
HOVERFLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/007 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle has an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground-based platform. A guide structure for receiving the unmanned aerial vehicle is mounted on the ground base platform. The guide structure has an inner diameter greater than a smallest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear and less than the largest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear.