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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Leo, IN (US);
Michael Franklin Morgan, Navarre, FL (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); F41H 11/02 (2006.01); F41G 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F41G 7/22 (2006.01); F41G 7/30 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F41G 7/224 (2013.01); F41G 7/30 (2013.01); F41G 9/002 (2013.01); F41H 11/02 (2013.01); F41H 13/0006 (2013.01); G05D 1/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target aerial vehicle, deploying an interceptor aerial vehicle comprising at least one effector, maneuvering the interceptor aerial vehicle to a position to engage a target aerial vehicle, deploying the at least one effector to intercept the target aerial vehicle, and confirming that the target aerial vehicle has been intercepted.