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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin T. Brown, Hood River, OR (US);

Alice E. Fockele, Portland, OR (US);

Jesse D. Kiewit, Bingen, WA (US);

Jacob S. Allen, Hood River, OR (US);

John R. Wong, Klickitat, WA (US);

Kelly A. Comstock, Carson, WA (US);

Daniel L. Shaw, White Salmon, WA (US);

Assignee:

INSITU, INC., Bingen, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 31/06 (2020.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/0295 (2020.01); B64C 31/06 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles with kites are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a tether line to be supported by a kite at a distal end thereof, and a release to deploy and expand a parafoil from at least one of the tether line or the kite in response to the aircraft contacting the tether line.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Brown, Benjamin. (2023). Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles with kites (U.S. Patent No. 11772816). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11772816

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