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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, Aston, PA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Tully, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Dennis Page, Shillington, PA (US);
Robert Withers, Logan Township, NJ (US);
Kenneth Neeld, West Chester, PA (US);
Richard L. Orner, Jr., Oreland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, Aston, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/06 (2006.01); B64F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide improvements to UAV launching systems. The disclosed launching system eliminates the use of hydraulic fluid and compressed nitrogen or air by providing an electric motor-driven tape that causes movement of a shuttle along a launcher rail.