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Patent No.:

US 12060174 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

May. 10, 2021

Storage case, with platform, for an aerial vehicle

Applicant:

Fotokite Ag, Zürich, CH;

Inventors:

Victor Chub, Broomfield, CO (US);

Alex Lieber, Boulder, CO (US);

Sergei Lupashin, Zürich, CH;

Christopher McCall, Zürich, CH;

Milan Rohrer, Zürich, CH;

Lukas Scherrer, Zürich, CH;

Alexander Zhitelzeyf, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

FOTOKITE AG, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:

Pearne & Gordon LLP

Primary Examiner:

Richard Green

Assistant Examiner:

Steven J Shur

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 70/93 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 70/93 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01);
Abstract

A storage case, including, at least one door which is moveable between a first position in which the door is closed and a second position in which the door is opened; a platform, which can support an aerial vehicle; and a mechanical connection means which is connected between the platform and the at least one door, wherein the mechanical connection means is configured such that as the door is moved from its first position to its second position the platform is simultaneously elevated; and as the door is moved from its second position to its first position the platform is simultaneously lowered; and a controller configured to control the mechanical connection means. There is further provided a corresponding method of deploying an aerial vehicle; a corresponding method of storing an aerial vehicle; an assembly including the storage case and an aerial vehicle; and a vehicle including the storage case.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chub, Victor. (2024). Storage case, with platform, for an aerial vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 12060174). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12060174

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