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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:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin T. Brown, Bingen, WA (US);
Alice Fockele, Bingen, WA (US);
Kelly A. Comstock, Bingen, WA (US);
John Wong, Klickitat, WA (US);
Jacob Allen, Bingen, WA (US);
Daniel L. Shaw, White Salmon, WA (US);
Jesse D. Kiewit, Bingen, WA (US);
Assignee:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/0295 (2020.01); G05D 1/105 (2013.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with kites are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover a UAV during flight includes a tether line, a tensioner operatively coupled to the tether line, and a kite operatively coupled to the tether line to support the tether line for recovery of the UAV.