US 11,745,874 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle recovery systems and methods
Josh Ogden, Quispamsis (CA); Josh Boudreau, Ottawa (CA); Robert D. Watters, Ottawa (CA); Mike Sirois, Ottawa (CA); Luc Boucher, Ottawa (CA); and Etienne Poisson, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to AVSS—AERIAL VEHICLE SAFETY SOLUTIONS INC., Quispamsis (CA)
Appl. No. 17/48,414
Filed by AVSS-AERIAL VEHICLE SAFETY SOLUTIONS INC., Quispamsis (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/053196
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/202533, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,686, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,973, filed on Apr. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155343 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 17/70 (2006.01); B64D 17/80 (2006.01); B64U 70/83 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64D 17/70 (2013.01); B64D 17/80 (2013.01); B64U 70/83 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle recovery system, the apparatus comprising:
a base to mount to an unmanned aerial vehicle;
a housing to engage the base;
a parachute disposed within the housing;
a deployment mechanism to deploy the parachute, wherein the deployment mechanism is configured to eject the housing away from the base upon a triggering event, wherein the deployment mechanism includes a biasing member configured to push the housing away from the base, wherein the biasing member is a spring, wherein the spring is compressed with a wire, wherein the deployment mechanism deploys the parachute by melting the wire, and wherein the wire is made from non-conductive material.