Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft deployment and retrieval of unmanned aerial vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 飞机部署和无人机的检索
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Application No.: US13664323Application Date: 2012-10-30
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Publication No.: US09132916B2Publication Date: 2015-09-15
- Inventor: Mark Hanna , David R. Poling
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agent Felix L. Fischer
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02

Abstract:
An aircraft system incorporates a first aircraft having a grappling device including a first gripper with a first actuator and a second gripper with a second actuator. The first gripper and the second gripper are movable between an open and a closed position to engage a hooking device and pivot together to change a capture angle. A first controller receives a command and operates the actuators in response to open and close the first and second grippers of the grappling device. The controller also receives a second command and operates the first and second actuators to pivot the grippers and provide grappling at a range of capture angles. A second aircraft, which may be a UAV, incorporates the hooking device. The hooking device includes a ring rotatable from the surface and a third actuator to rotate the ring between a stowed and an extended position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140117147A1 AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2014-05-01
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