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US 2026/0200593 A1Published application
Landing pad for aerial vehicle with granule-based locking mechanism
AssigneeDrone Lander Ltd.
InventorsJonathan BENZION CARNI, Shlomo MAGDASSI, Michael KARP, Mordechay ALBO, Elad MORDEHAY
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Abstract
A landing pad for a vertically landing aerial vehicle includes granules or other particulate material arranged in a container. The granules or other particulate material are dispersed, thereby permitting embedding of legs of the aerial vehicle within the granules or other particulate material and withdrawal of the legs from within the granules or other particulate material.
Claims22
A landing pad for a vertically landing aerial vehicle, comprising:
- a planar pad base;
- a flexible, sealed container arranged on the planar pad base,
- wherein the container is made of a soft, flexible material and thereby constitutes a pillow-like receptacle,
- wherein the container includes granules that are dispersed, thereby permitting embedding of legs of the aerial vehicle within the granules and withdrawal of the legs from within the granules, and
- wherein the pillow-like receptacle comprises excess soft, flexible material configured above the granules,
- wherein, upon landing of the legs of the aerial vehicle onto the landing pad, the legs depress a portion of the excess soft, flexible material prior to becoming embedded between the granules.
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A method of landing a vertically landing aerial vehicle, comprising:
- lowering legs of the aerial vehicle on a landing pad comprising a plurality of granules arranged in a flexible sealed container, wherein the landing pad further comprises a vacuum pump configured to withdraw air from the container;
- embedding the legs of the aerial vehicle within the granules;
- and
- applying a vacuum to the container to thereby compact the granules and lock the granules around the legs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.