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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventors:
Samir S. Mistry, Billerica, MA (US);
Sam Johnson, Arvada, CO (US);
Philip N. LaFountain, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Perry Stoll, Brookline, MA (US);
Jason Jeffords, Bedford, NH (US);
Kenneth D. Sebesta, Winchester, KY (US);
Assignee:
TELEDYNE FLIR DETECTION, INC., Stillwater, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 3/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 3/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for powering and controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in a networked cellular communication system. A tether management system can be used to facilitate both mobile and static tethered operation to provide power and/or voice and data communication.