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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:
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.