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Patent No.:

US 11667397 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2022

System and method of blade-tip facilitated aircraft capture

Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Dustin E. Gamble, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Matthew Curran, Los Osos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Brian M O'Hara

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/029 (2020.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/0295 (2020.01); B64F 1/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01);
Abstract

A method of capturing an aerial vehicle comprises rotating a first blade of the aerial vehicle, the first blade coupled to a hub of the aerial vehicle and having a contour configured to facilitate entanglement of a payload line of a winch system around the aerial vehicle. The method further comprises contacting, by a leading edge of the first blade, the payload line of the winch system and pulling the payload line towards the hub of the aerial vehicle, wherein the payload line is pulled towards the hub as the first blade continues to rotate and wherein continued rotation of the first blade causes the payload line to be tangled around the hub of the aerial vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gamble, Dustin. (2023). System and method of blade-tip facilitated aircraft capture (U.S. Patent No. 11667397). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11667397

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