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US 10,850,866 B2Granted
Pod cover system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Eugene Fisher, Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee, William Arden Lott
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system includes a UAV pod having an open position and a closed position, the closed position establishing an interior that is weather resistant to an environment external to the UAV pod and a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV enclosed in the UAV pod so that the UAV pod in the closed position provides a weather resistant interior for the VTOL UAV.
Claims21
A method of migrating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations between geographic survey areas, comprising:
- launching, by a UAV from a first location, the UAV having a portable UAV pod, wherein the portable UAV pod is attached to the UAV at launch;
- flying, by the UAV, the UAV having the portable UAV pod to a second location;
- landing, by the UAV, the UAV having the portable UAV pod at the second location;
- detaching the UAV from the portable UAV pod;
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- launching the UAV from the portable UAV pod at the second location.
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