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公开(公告)号：US12071216B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US17467885
申请日：2021-09-07
申请人： Insitu, Inc.
发明人： Greg Minarik , Danny R. Nalley , Harold A. Brown , Joel M. Reiter
摘要： A modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) connection system is disclosed. A disclosed example connection system for use with a UAV includes a tab extending from one of an aerodynamic body or a frame, and a slot to receive the tab, the slot positioned on another of the aerodynamic body or the frame, the tab to be inserted into the slot in a direction that is opposite to a direction of travel of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US11987359B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-21
申请号：US17737304
申请日：2022-05-05
IPC分类号： B64D1/12 , B64U101/64
CPC分类号： B64D1/12 , B64U2101/64
摘要： Delivery systems for aerial vehicles may provide a passive automatic delivery system that is automatically triggered during landing of the aerial vehicle. One or more arm assemblies of the delivery system may include a respective landing arm, resilient member, and package guide. The landing arm is configured to rotate in response to an applied external force, with the resilient member being operatively coupled to the landing arm and configured to bias the landing arm towards a resting position. The package delivery system automatically releases the package when a delivery condition is met, such as the landing arms of the delivery system being rotated past a threshold position. Delivery systems can thus passively and automatically ensure that all landing arms are on a landing surface before the package is released. Related methods include approaching and contacting a landing surface, and releasing the package at the landing surface of the delivery location.
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公开(公告)号：US11945577B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-02
申请号：US17748778
申请日：2022-05-19
CPC分类号： B64C29/0033 , B64C25/20
摘要： Aerial vehicles may be selectively transitioned between a fixed wing flight configuration and a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) configuration. In the fixed wing flight configuration, a forward propeller may rotate in a first forward plane, whereas in the VTOL configuration, the forward propeller may be tilted to rotate in a second forward plane. A forward landing arm may extend downward in the VTOL configuration and be configured to be tilted to a stowed position when the aerial vehicle is in the fixed wing flight configuration. The forward landing arm may be coupled to the forward propeller such that tilting of the forward propeller causes corresponding tilting of the forward landing arm. In some examples, a plurality of such landing arms and propellers are tilted during transitioning of the aerial vehicle, such as one or more forward propellers and landing arms and/or one or more aft propellers and landing arms.
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公开(公告)号：US11603216B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-14
申请号：US17445067
申请日：2021-08-13
申请人： Insitu, Inc.
发明人： Brian D. Dennis , Jacob Allen , Jeff Alldredge
摘要： Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes a lift device, a parachute, and a capture line. The lift device includes a canister. The parachute is stowed in and deployable from the canister. The capture line is attached to the parachute and to a line control device. The capture line is configured to be engaged by a capture device located at an end of a wing of a UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US20230002075A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-05
申请号：US17365560
申请日：2021-07-01
发明人： Benjamin T. Brown , Alice E. Fockele , Jesse D. Kiewit , Jacob S. Allen , John R. Wong , Kelly A. Comstock , Daniel L. Shaw
摘要： Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover an aircraft includes a mast extending from a base, a boom extending from the mast at a first end of the boom to a second end of the boom opposite the first end, a tether line extending between the mast to the base and guided by the boom, a portion of the tether line extending between the second end of the boom and the base, and a mount to operatively coupled the a kite to the tether line, the kite to support the tether line as the aircraft contacts the portion for recovery thereof.
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公开(公告)号：US11542037B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-03
申请号：US16707955
申请日：2019-12-09
申请人： Insitu, Inc.
发明人： Benjamin T. Brown , Alice Fockele , Kelly A. Comstock , John Wong , Jacob Allen , Daniel L. Shaw , Jesse D. Kiewit
摘要： Methods and apparatus to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by kites are disclosed. An example apparatus to deploy a UAV includes a tether line to support the UAV, a tensioner operatively coupled to the tether line, and a kite operatively coupled to the tether line to support the tether line for deployment of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US11542036B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-03
申请号：US17077386
申请日：2020-10-22
申请人： Insitu, Inc.
摘要： Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods are described. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe, a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
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公开(公告)号：US11518511B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US16665547
申请日：2019-10-28
申请人： Insitu, Inc.
发明人： Daniel Lewis Shaw
IPC分类号： B64C39/02
摘要： Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recovery is disclosed. An example apparatus to recover an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a support rail to support a cable. The apparatus also includes a pivot arm to rotate about a pivot, where the cable is suspended between the support rail and the pivot arm, and where the pivot arm is rotated to a first orientation when the UAV contacts the cable and rotated to a second orientation when the UAV is brought to a stop. The apparatus also includes at least one of a friction device or a damper operatively coupled to the cable to resist motion of the cable during rotation of the pivot arm from the first orientation to the second orientation.
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公开(公告)号：US20220196018A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：US17521492
申请日：2021-11-08
发明人： Robert Sauer
摘要： A jet valve to control flow of a fluid therethrough is disclosed. The jet valve includes a valve body, a juncture operatively coupled to the valve body, the juncture having a first fluid connection fluidly coupled to a header tank and a second connection fluidly coupled to a storage tank, a spool movably disposed within the valve body, the spool having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough, a spring operatively coupled between the spool and the valve body, and a jet pump fluidly coupled to a fuel pump of the header tank via a bleed line, the jet pump disposed within the aperture, wherein operation of the fuel pump pressurizes the bleed line and moves the spool to a first position to (i) close a first fluid path between the header tank and the storage tank and (ii) provide a second fluid path between the header tank and the storage tank, the second fluid path through the aperture, and depressurization of the bleed line enables the spring to move the spool to a second position to close the second fluid path and open the first fluid path.
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公开(公告)号：US11161610B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-02
申请号：US16523755
申请日：2019-07-26
申请人： INSITU, INC.
发明人： Wayne Goodrich
摘要： Systems and methods for countering an unmanned air vehicle are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a target UAV via a first component of a target acquisition system. The example method further includes, in response to detecting the target UAV, directing, by executing one or more computer-readable instructions of a launch control system in communication with the target acquisition system, an interceptor UAV to launch. The example method further includes, subsequent to the launch, tracking the target UAV via a second component of the target acquisition system, the second component carried by the interceptor UAV. The example method further includes, when the target UAV is within a target range of the interceptor UAV, deploying a disabling element from the interceptor UAV toward the target UAV.
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