Small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) shipboard recovery system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10046864
APP PUB NO 20170291720A1
SERIAL NO

15581911

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Systems, devices, and methods for impacting, by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV), a net having at least three sides; and converting the kinetic energy of the SUAV into at least one of: elastic potential energy of one or more tensioned elastic cords connected to at least one corner of the net, gravitational potential energy of a frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, rotational kinetic energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net, and elastic potential energy of the frame member connected to at least one corner of the net.

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  • AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blevins, Glenn Arnold Simi Valley, US 3 14
Cornell, Cris James La Cresenta, US 3 14
Finn, Philip Martin Westlake Village, US 3 14
Ganzer, David Wayne Simi Valley, US 8 125
Johnston, Robert James Simi Valley, US 13 148
Zwaan, John Peter Simi Valley, US 34 325

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