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US 5,039,034 AGranted
Apparatus for capturing, securing and traversing remotely piloted vehicles and methods therefor
AssigneeIndal Technologies Inc.
InventorsR. Anthony Burgess, Geoffrey Cunliffe, Atef Tadros
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Abstract
An RPV, comprising means for engaging a snag line carried as part of a securing system which "snags" means (for example hook) on an RPV and assists the RPV to a safe landing, the snag line extending from a winch unit proximate the proposed landing area of the RPV to a position on the ship to which it is removeably secured and the end thereof carrying means to be secured to means on the RPV.
Claims10
A remotely piloted vehicle capturing and securing system, the remotely piloted vehicle including a line and means to be snagged connected therto;
- the system comprising a snag line carried as part of the securing system which "snags" the means to be snagged on the remotely piloted vehicle line and assists the remotely piloted vehicle to a safe landing, the snag line extending from a winch unit proximate the proposed landing area of the remotely piloted vehicle to a position on a ship to which it is removably secured, and proximate the end of the snag line is disposed securing means which will secure the means to be snagged on the RPV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.