98 patents
Utility
Systems and Devices for an RF Signal Carrying Cable of a Multi-pack Launcher System
11 Jan 24
Systems, devices, and methods including a launch control box; a multi-pack launcher (MPL) box; and a cable connecting the launch control box and the MPL box, where the cable comprises: an outer jacket, a shielded braid, a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, and a fourth wire, where the first wire and the second wire are shielded by the shielded braid, where the third wire and the fourth wire are outside of the shielded braid, and where the third wire and the fourth wire act as an antenna.
Reza Miremadi
Filed: 12 Sep 23
Utility
Rib Mounting Flanges for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
21 Dec 23
Systems, devices, and methods including one or more rib mounting flanges, where each rib mounting flange comprises: a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel; one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for connecting the rib mounting flange to an adjacent rib mounting flange.
Emil Ghapgharan
Filed: 28 Aug 23
Utility
System and Method of High-resolution Digital Data Image Transmission
7 Dec 23
A system and method for transmitting still images and a video feed from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a ground station is disclosed.
Thomas SZAREK, Thomas OMER, Jefferson C. MCBRIDE
Filed: 1 Jun 23
Utility
Rotating Lidar
16 Nov 23
A lidar system, including a base, a sensor body, and a motor having a shaft.
Reza Miremadi
Filed: 13 Aug 21
Utility
Pod Launch and Landing System for Vertical Take-off and Landing (Vtol) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs)
16 Nov 23
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system, including: a UAV pod having an interior; and a telescoping UAV landing surface disposed in the interior of the UAV pod; where the telescoping UAV landing surface may translate up toward a top opening of the UAV pod, translate down into an interior of the UAV pod, or rotate relative to the UAV pod.
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee, William Arden Lott
Filed: 6 Feb 23
Utility
Voronoi Cropping of Images for Post Field Generation
9 Nov 23
A method and system including: defining a geographic area; receiving a plurality of images; determining a plurality of image points; partitioning the geographic area into a plurality of image regions based on the plurality of image points; and stitching the plurality of images into a combined image based on the plurality of image regions.
Quentin Lindsey
Filed: 13 Jul 23
Utility
Methods and Systems for Retaining Lateral Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle During Landing with Leveled Inboard Propellers
19 Oct 23
Systems, devices, and methods including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); one or more inner wing panels of the UAV; one or more outer wing panels of the UAV; at least one inboard propeller attached to at least one engine disposed on the one or more inner wing panels; at least one tip propeller attached to at least one engine disposed on the one or more outer wing panels; at least one microcontroller configured to: determine an angular position of the at least one inboard propeller; and send a signal to halt rotation of the at least one inboard propeller such that the at least one inboard propeller is held in an attitude that provides for clearance of the propeller blade to the ground upon landing.
Bart Dean Hibbs
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Multispectral Filters
19 Oct 23
A method and system including: an aerial vehicle including: a first camera comprising a first sensor having at least red, green, and blue color channels, where the blue color channel is sensitive to near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths; a first optical filter disposed in front of the first sensor, wherein the first optical filter is configured to block wavelengths below green, between red and NIR, and longer wavelength NIR; a processor having addressable memory in communication with the first camera, where the processor is configured to: capture at least one image of vegetation from the first camera; provide red, green, and NIR color channels from the captured image from the first camera; and determine at least one vegetative index based on the provided red, green, and NIR color channels.
Phillip T. Tokumaru
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Systems and Devices for Remotely Operated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Report-suppressing Launcher with Portable RF Transparent Launch Tube
12 Oct 23
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate disposed about a right parallelepiped aperture, at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate disposed about the right parallelepiped aperture, and one or more structural panels disposed between the at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate and the at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate.
Carlos Thomas Miralles, Guan H. Su, Alexander Andryukov, John McNeil
Filed: 15 Jun 23
Utility
Powerplant and Related Control System and Method
5 Oct 23
A hydrogen fueled powerplant including an internal combustion engine that drives a motor-generator, and has a two-stage turbocharger, for an aircraft.
Alexander Nelson Brooks, James Gallagher Daley
Filed: 31 May 21
Utility
Aircraft System for Reduced Observer Visibility
5 Oct 23
An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom.
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Steven Bradley Chambers, Pavil Belik, Austin Craig Gunder, John Peter Zwaan
Filed: 19 May 23
Utility
Extruded Wing Protection System and Device
14 Sep 23
Systems, devices, and methods for an extruded wing protection and control surface comprising: a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface, a knuckle disposed about the channel, a leading void, a trailing void, and a separator dividing the leading void and the trailing void; and a plurality of notches disposed in the extruded control surface proximate the leading edge of the control surface.
Pavel Belik, John Peter Zwaan
Filed: 22 Nov 22
Utility
Methods and Systems for Utilizing Dual Global Positioning System (GPS) Antennas in Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Aerial Vehicles
14 Sep 23
Systems, devices, and methods for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle having a first GPS antenna and a second GPS antenna, where the second GPS antenna is disposed distal from the first GPS antenna; and an aerial vehicle flight controller, where the flight controller is configured to: utilize a GPS antenna signal via the GPS antenna switch from the first GPS antenna or the second GPS antenna; receive a pitch level of the aerial vehicle from the one or more aerial vehicle sensors in vertical flight or horizontal flight; determine if the received pitch level is at a set rotation from vertical or horizontal; and utilize the GPS signal not being utilized via the GPS antenna switch if the determined pitch level is at or above the set rotation.
William Arden Lott
Filed: 15 May 23
Utility
System for Detachably Coupling an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Within a Launch Tube
7 Sep 23
An unmanned aerial vehicle launch tube that has a tube, a sabot disposed in an interior of said tube, said sabot having a first clasp tab, and a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting an inner circumferential wall of said tube so that said clasp is rotationally constrained by the inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.
Alexander Andryukov
Filed: 24 Apr 23
Utility
Ganged Servo Flight Control System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
10 Aug 23
A ganged servo flight control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided.
Lance HOLLY, William DONOVAN
Filed: 19 Apr 23
Utility
System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
20 Jul 23
A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
Filed: 6 Mar 23
Utility
System and Method for Solar Cell Array Communication
6 Jul 23
In one implementation, a method for a solar cell array is provided, the method includes emitting a communication message from the solar cell array by reverse biasing the solar cell array so as to cause at least a portion of the solar array to emit a detectable amount of radiation corresponding to the communication message.
NADER MICHAEL LOTFY, ERIC JAMES AAGAARD
Filed: 17 Oct 22
Utility
Uav Payload Module Camera Assembly and Retraction Mechanism
29 Jun 23
In one possible embodiment, a UAV payload module retraction mechanism is provided including a payload pivotally attached to a housing.
John Peter Zwaan, Pavel Belik, Manolis Dimotakis, Christopher J. D'Aquila
Filed: 10 Jan 23
Utility
Interactive Weapon Targeting System Displaying Remote Sensed Image of Target Area
25 May 23
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a predicted impact point of a selected weapon and associated round based on stored ballistic information, provided elevation data, provided azimuth data, and provided position data.
John C. McNeil, Earl Clyde Cox, Makoto Ueno, Jon Andrew Ross
Filed: 1 Feb 23
Utility
Elevon Control System
18 May 23
A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns.
Tony Shuo Tao, Nathan Olson, Carlos Thomas Miralles, Robert Nickerson Plumb
Filed: 12 Jan 23