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Patent No.:

US 12761006 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2023

Unmanned vehicle with multiple payload platforms

Applicant:

Ensign-bickford Aerospace & Defense Company, Simsbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Edris Raji, Simsbury, CT (US);

Kurt Nelson, Simsbury, CT (US);

Matthew Bragoni, Granby, CT (US);

Andrew M. Kochanek, Suffield, CT (US);

John Fiske, Southington, CT (US);

Craig Boucher, Simsbury, CT (US);

John A. Graham, Middletown, CT (US);

Jarrett Jacobsen, Weatogue, CT (US);

John Benner, Barkhamsted, CT (US);

Scott Crespi, West Simsbury, CT (US);

Michael Ronzello, Avon, CT (US);

Glen Smith, St. Augustine, FL (US);

Assignee:

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company, Simsbury, CT (US);

Attorneys:

McCarter & English, LLP

Dave S. Christensen

Primary Examiner:

Reginald S Tillman, Jr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/42 (2006.01); B64D 1/04 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/15 (2023.01); F42C 11/00 (2006.01); F42C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/42 (2013.01); B64D 1/04 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); F42C 11/006 (2013.01); F42C 11/06 (2013.01); B64U 2101/15 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned vehicle and a method of operating the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a fuselage and at least one thrust device coupled to the fuselage. A first payload module having an first attachment plate is fixedly coupled to the fuselage, the first payload module further having a first control module removably coupled to the first attachment plate and a first payload having a first energetic element. A second payload module having an second attachment plate is fixedly coupled to the fuselage adjacent the first payload module, the second payload module further having a second control module removably coupled to the second attachment plate and a second payload having a second energetic element.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Raji, Edris. (2026). Unmanned vehicle with multiple payload platforms (U.S. Patent No. 12761006). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12761006

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