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US07165745B2 Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft, including releasably gripping aircraft during launch and braking subsequent grip motion
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用于发射无人机的方法和装置,包括在发射期间可释放地夹持飞行器并制动随后的抓地力
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft, including releasably gripping aircraft during launch and braking subsequent grip motion
- Patent Title (中): 用于发射无人机的方法和装置,包括在发射期间可释放地夹持飞行器并制动随后的抓地力
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Application No.: US10808725Application Date: 2004-03-24
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Publication No.: US07165745B2Publication Date: 2007-01-23
- Inventor: Brian T. McGeer , Andreas H. von Flotow , Cory Roeseler
- Applicant: Brian T. McGeer , Andreas H. von Flotow , Cory Roeseler
- Applicant Address: US WA Bingen
- Assignee: The Insitu Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The Insitu Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bingen
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: B64F1/06
- IPC: B64F1/06

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft and other flight devices or projectiles are described. In one embodiment, the aircraft can be launched from an apparatus that includes a launch carriage that moves along a launch guide. The carriage can accelerate when portions of the carriage and/or the launch guide move relative to each other. A gripper carried by the launch carriage can have at least one grip portion in contact with the aircraft while the launch carriage accelerates along the launch axis. The at least one grip portion can move out of contact with the aircraft as the launch carriage decelerates, releasing the aircraft for takeoff. A brake can arrest the motion of the gripper after launch.
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