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Patent No.:

US 11814167 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2020

Vertically-tethered multicopters

Applicant:

Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Damon Vander Lind, Alameda, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:

Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

Primary Examiner:

Joshua J Michener

Assistant Examiner:

Arfan Y Sinaki

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 37/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract

A system includes a higher unmanned multicopter, a lower unmanned multicopter, and a flexible connector. The flexible connector connects the higher unmanned multicopter and the lower unmanned multicopter. The VTM system is configured to carry a payload, including by having the higher unmanned multicopter fly above the lower unmanned multicopter with the flexible connector taut such that both the higher unmanned multicopter and the lower unmanned multicopter contribute to carrying the payload.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thrun, Sebastian. (2023). Vertically-tethered multicopters (U.S. Patent No. 11814167). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11814167

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