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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J Tracy, Maple Valley, WA (US);
John P Palmer, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel J O'Brien, Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 15 ; 89 / ; 244 / ; 2441 / ; 244133 ; 2441 / ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
A recoverable remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) having: a deflectable canard/elevator placed very close to the nose tip; a constant (cross) section fuselage; wings mounted low and well aft on the fuselage; elevons; a centrally positioned weapons/payload bay, with doors, located internal of the upper portion of the fuselage; and, inflatable landing skids. The weapon/payload is dropped from the RVP, while the RVP is in flight in an inverted position.