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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Aron Crowley, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); B64U 101/40 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/40 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract
A system comprising a reel, a tether configured to be wound about the reel, and at least one unmanned aerial vehicle attached to the tether. When unmanned aerial vehicle is at rest, the unmanned aerial vehicle resides on the reel. Related methods of operating such a system can be used to extract crop from a field.