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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Mark R. Alber, Milford, CT (US);
Brandon L. Stille, Cheshire, CT (US);
Alfred Russell Smiley, Marlborough, CT (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Alber, Milford, CT (US);
Brandon L. Stille, Cheshire, CT (US);
Alfred Russell Smiley, Marlborough, CT (US);
Assignee:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) rotary-wing air-craft is sized and configured to match a payload container such as a standardized Joint Modular Intermodal Container (JMIC). The aircraft may be an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) that is capable of autonomously engaging and disengaging the container so that the aircraft can pick up and drop off the JMIC with minimum human intervention.