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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Applicant:
Louis J. Larkin, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Inventor:
Louis J. Larkin, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B63B 21/56 (2006.01); B63B 35/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method whereby a relatively faster-moving vessel recovers a relatively-slower moving vehicle includes, in some embodiments, causing a first faster-moving vehicle to move along a first circular path, deploying a cable radially inward from the first circular path such that a free end of the cable circumscribes a second circular path having a radius smaller than that of the first circular path, attracting a second slower-moving vehicle to the free end of the cable, and coupling the second vehicle to the cable.