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US 9,845,165 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicle landing and launch
AssigneeAirogistic, L.L.C.
InventorsJeff Michalski, Michael Foley
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a stand for launching, landing, testing, refueling and recharging a UAV, and methods for testing, landing and launching the UAV are disclosed. Further, embodiments may include transferring a payload onto or off of the UAV, and loading flight planning and diagnostic maintenance information to the UAV.
Claims30
An aerial vehicle stand, the stand comprising:
- a base structure;
- and
- a plurality of shafts extending upward from the base structure, each shaft adapted to insert through a different collar of an aerial vehicle and to guide the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle is one of launching from the stand and landing on the stand.
An aerial vehicle stand configured to one of launch and land an aerial vehicle, the stand comprising:
- a plurality of parallel shafts, each shaft configured to insert through a different collar of the aerial vehicle to guide the aerial vehicle as the aerial vehicle at least one of launches from the stand and lands on the stand.
An aerial vehicle stand configured to launch an aerial vehicle, the stand comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to process signals concerning flight of the aerial vehicle during launching of the aerial vehicle;
- and
- a plurality of shafts extending from the base structure, each shaft configured to insert through a different collar of the aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.