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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
David W. Kirkbride, Allyn, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 37/02 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 2/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 3/20 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 37/02 (2013.01); F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16B 2/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G05D 3/20 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/102 (2023.01); F16B 2200/83 (2023.08); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cluster includes a plurality of mission UAVs and a plurality of core UAVs arranged in a cluster. One or more of the mission UAVs is configured for controlled independent flight. The plurality of core UAVs are distributed throughout the cluster according to a selected distribution pattern that distributes the core UAVs according to a predefined mission characteristic of the UAV cluster.