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Patent No.:

US 12391413 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2023

Systems and methods for airborne recovery and launch of aerial vehicles

Applicant:

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Joseph Allwein, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Roy Hultenius, Encinitas, CA (US);

James William Groves, La Mesa, CA (US);

Arthur Siemens, San Diego, CA (US);

Sebastian Kaser, San Diego, CA (US);

Elijah Abelovski, Escondido, CA (US);

Celestino Morales, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Justin M Benedik

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64D 3/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64D 3/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a recovery and deployment pylon for recovering and launching/relaunching a target aircraft that can include a housing configured to be coupled with an aircraft, a motorized winch, a towline coupled with the winch and configured to be paid out and reeled in using the winch, a fitting coupled with the towline, and a first latching mechanism configured to selectively engage with a first lug of the target aircraft when the target aircraft is in a first position relative to the recovery and deployment pylon. The target aircraft can be in the first position when the target aircraft is within a predetermined proximity of the device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Allwein, Michael. (2025). Systems and methods for airborne recovery and launch of aerial vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 12391413). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12391413

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