Title:
無人航空機のための空中発射及び／又は回収、並びに関連するシステム及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6825868
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
There is described an unmanned aerial vehicle system comprising a first multi-rotor carrier aircraft and a carried aircraft, wherein the first carrier aircraft comprises: an airframe; a plurality of rotors carried by the airframe, the plurality of rotors being positioned to support the first carrier aircraft in hover; a battery carried by the airframe and operatively coupled to the rotors to power the rotors; a launch fixture positioned to releasably attach to the carried aircraft, the carried aircraft having a capture device, wherein the launch fixture includes a pivoting portion positioned to be engaged with the carried aircraft, and a plunger movable relative to the airframe and positioned to pivot the carried aircraft relative to the airframe; and a capture line carried by the first carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the first carrier aircraft, the capture line being sized to releasably engage with the capture device of the carried aircraft.
Inventors:
Haze, andrew
Goodrich, Wayne
McGlue, James
Davidson, Darcy
Guthrie, Charlie
Kuntz, Peter
Riesdijk, Rolf
Knap, Jeffrey
Schlick, Bradley
Goodrich, Wayne
McGlue, James
Davidson, Darcy
Guthrie, Charlie
Kuntz, Peter
Riesdijk, Rolf
Knap, Jeffrey
Schlick, Bradley
Application Number:
JP2016191800A
Publication Date:
February 03, 2021
Filing Date:
September 29, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Insights ink.
International Classes:
B64D1/00; B64C27/08; B64C39/02; B64D27/24; B64F3/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2015085755A |
Foreign References:
| US6874729 | ||||
| WO2014203593A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sonoda/Kobayashi Patent Business Corporation