116 patents
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Utility
Ad hoc dynamic data link repeater
16 Nov 20
In one possible embodiment, a system capable of a self-propagating data link includes an unmanned vehicle having a data link transceiver and at least one deployable data link transceiver.
Gil Michael
Filed: 18 Jul 16
Utility
Deep stall aircraft landing
19 Oct 20
An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft.
Christopher E. Fisher, Thomas Robert Szarek, Justin B. McAllister, Pavel Belik
Filed: 10 Feb 19
Utility
UAV payload module camera assembly and retraction mechanism
12 Oct 20
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: 27 Oct 19
Utility
Unmanned aircraft turn and approach system
7 Sep 20
An aircraft including a wing system, a plurality of control surfaces, a camera mounted on a camera pod, and a control system.
William J. Nicoloff, Eric M. Sornborger, Lars B. Cremean
Filed: 30 Jul 18
Utility
Dynamic transmission control for a wireless network
3 Aug 20
In one possible embodiment, a wireless network with dynamic transmission control is provided that includes a multiple of nodes.
John F. Grabowsky, Phillip T. Tokumaru, Robert J. Kniskern, Nicholas S. Currens, Allan L. Levine
Filed: 30 Apr 15
Utility
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air vehicle
20 Jul 20
A flight control apparatus for fixed-wing aircraft includes a first port wing and first starboard wing, a first port swash plate coupled between a first port rotor and first port electric motor, the first port electric motor coupled to the first port wing, and a first starboard swash plate coupled between a first starboard rotor and first starboard electric motor, the first starboard electric motor coupled to the first starboard wing.
Dana J. Taylor, Phillip T. Tokumaru, Bart Dean Hibbs, William Martin Parks, David Wayne Ganzer, Joseph Frederick King
Filed: 25 Feb 19
Utility
Extruded control surface having a knuckle and notches
13 Jul 20
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: 8 Nov 17
Utility
Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube
6 Jul 20
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: 17 Sep 19
Utility
Methods and systems for utilizing dual global positioning system (GPS) antennas in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles
6 Jul 20
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: 28 Jan 19
Utility
Elevon control system
29 Jun 20
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.
Carlos Thomas Miralles, Robert Nickerson Plumb, Tony Shuo Tao, Nathan Olson
Filed: 9 Jul 15
Utility
Thermal management of electric vehicle coupler contacts
15 Jun 20
In a number of embodiments, an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) connector (120), includes a plurality of charging lines (150, 151) configured to provide electrical charge to an electric vehicle (EV) (140) at least one control line (153, 154) configured to carry signals to control charging of the EV via the charging lines (150, 151) and a detector (170) that detects a thermal event, wherein in response to detecting a thermal event the detector (170) manipulates the at least one control line (153, 154) to alter charging of the EV via the charging lines (150, 151).
Scott Shumaker
Filed: 14 Feb 18
Utility
Survey migration system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
1 Jun 20
A method of migrating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations between geographic survey areas, including: uploading a first plurality of flight missions into a first UAV pod; deploying the UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the first plurality of flight missions; providing first survey data from the UAV to the UAV pod; autonomously migrating the UAV from the first UAV pod to a second UAV pod; receiving a second plurality of flight missions in a second UAV pod; providing the UAV with one of the second plurality of flight missions from the second UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the second UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the second plurality of flight missions; and providing a second survey data from the UAV to the second UAV pod; where the autonomous migrating of the UAV to accomplish the first and second survey data happens autonomously and without active human intervention.
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee, William Arden Lott, Eric James Aagaard
Filed: 22 Apr 18
Utility
Flux concentrator for ironless motor
25 May 20
In one embodiment, a magnet array and ironless winding for a motor is provided which has an array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array, the array further includes flux concentrators forming poles on the reinforcing side of the array, and such that a magnetic moment at the poles is oriented generally perpendicular to the reinforcing side of the array, the winding being adjacent to the array and comprising conductor bundles having a generally rectangular cross-section arranged such that a long side of the generally rectangular cross-section is transverse to a direction of magnetic field lines at the poles.
Bart Dean Hibbs, Bang Xuan Phan
Filed: 28 Feb 18
Utility
Motor mount and damper
25 May 20
A system having a damper with six or more indentations on alternating sides of the damper, where each indentation is open to an outer circumferential surface of the damper and extends over halfway through a width of the damper, and six or more slots, each slot open to an undulating inner circumferential surface of the damper and extending through the width of the damper.
William John Nicoloff
Filed: 11 Jun 17
Utility
UAV having hermetically sealed modularized compartments and fluid drain ports
11 May 20
In one possible embodiment, an amphibious unmanned aerial vehicle is provided, which includes a fuselage comprised of a buoyant material.
Pavel Belik, Thomas Szarek, Gabriel E. Torres, Vernon P. Fraye
Filed: 24 May 16
Utility
Aircraft grounding system
27 Apr 20
Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle.
Christopher Eugene Fisher, John Peter Zwaan, David R. Thompson, Marc L. Schmalzel, Karl R. Klingbiel, Tyson R. Jensen, Pavel Belik, Eric James Aagaard
Filed: 30 Apr 18
Utility
Thermal management system for an aircraft avionics bay
27 Apr 20
A system for managing heat transfer is provided by the present disclosure, which in one form includes a cavity having an inner wall portion, at least one heat-generating component disposed within the cavity, and a plurality of heat conducting members disposed adjacent one another.
Uchenna Ofoma, Bart Dean Hibbs
Filed: 12 Sep 18
Utility
Ganged servo flight control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle
13 Apr 20
A ganged servo flight control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided.
Lance Holly, William Donovan
Filed: 24 Aug 15
Utility
Supervisory safety system for controlling and limiting unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations
13 Apr 20
Systems, devices, and methods for determining, by a processor, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position relative to at least one flight boundary; and effecting, by the processor, at least one flight limitation of a UAS if the determined UAS position crosses the at least one flight boundary.
Andrew Joseph Thurling, Joseph Frank Mohos
Filed: 17 Dec 15
Utility
Mounting system for mechanical-shock resistant printed circuit board (PCB)
6 Apr 20
A shock resistant fuselage system includes first and second fuselage side walls, each of the first and second fuselage side walls having a plurality of guide posts, and a printed circuit board (PCB) rigidly attached to at least one of the first and second fuselage side walls, the PCB having a plurality of guide slots, each of the plurality of guide posts slideably seated in a respective one of the plurality of guide slots so that elastic deformation of the PCB is guided by the guide slots between the first and second fuselage side walls.
William John Nicoloff
Filed: 12 Dec 18