US 12,269,592 B2
Device for storing and remotely launching unmanned aerial vehicles
Erik Falk-Petersen, Oslo (NO); Martin Krafft, Hvalstad (NO); and Jan Tronsdal, Hvalstad (NO)
Assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS, Hvalstad (NO)
Filed by FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS, Hvalstad (NO)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,756.
Application 18/587,756 is a continuation of application No. 17/110,271, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,912,408.
Application 17/110,271 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/035676, filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20180791 (NO), filed on Jun. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246673 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B60P 3/11 (2006.01); B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/40 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B60P 3/11 (2013.01); B64C 39/028 (2013.01); B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/40 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cassette apparatus comprising:
a cassette housing having a top portion with an opening formed in the top portion;
a cradle adapted to hold an aerial vehicle;
an arm having a first end attached to the cradle and a second end rotatably coupled to the cassette housing, the arm operable to move the cradle between a storage position wherein the cradle is positioned inside the cassette housing, and a launch position wherein the arm extends through the opening, positioning the cradle outside of the cassette housing and enabling the aerial vehicle to launch; and
a lid adapted to cover the opening in the storage position, wherein movement of the cradle from the storage position to the launch position causes the cradle to engage the lid to either separate the lid from the cassette housing or causes the lid to rotate while being attached to the lid housing as the cradle is slidably engaged with the lid along cradle slides.