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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
James David Strayer, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 5/06 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drone launch system includes a canister defining an internal cavity, and a drone positioned within the internal cavity in a stowed state. The drone is configured to be ejected from the canister and transition from the stowed state into a deployed state outside of the canister. A method for launching a drone, the method includes positioning the drone in a stowed state in an internal cavity of a canister, ejecting the drone from the canister, and transitioning the drone into a deployed state after the ejecting operation.