US 12,330,812 B2
System and method for tethered unmanned aerial vehicle takeoff, landing, and storage
Joseph Pawelczyk, Philadelphia, PA (US); Kris Auker, Springfield, PA (US); Trevor Stephens, Brookhaven, PA (US); Jeffrey Field, Springfield, PA (US); and James Megariotis, Delran, NJ (US)
Assigned to Dragonfly Pictures, Inc., Essington, PA (US)
Filed by Dragonfly Pictures, Inc., Essington, PA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,045, filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082712 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B64U 80/30 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/222 (2013.01) [B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B64U 80/30 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01); B64U 2201/202 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for landing and securing an aircraft in an enclosure, comprising:
an aircraft having an airframe, the airframe comprising a plurality of elements arranged in a closed shape and defining at least one aperture therethrough;
an enclosure having a retractable lid, a landing platform, and at least one landing lock element, the at least one landing lock element being configured to controllably move between an opened and a closed position; and
a controller configured to move the landing lock elements to the closed position, extending at least a portion of the landing lock element through the at least one aperture in the closed shape, when the aircraft has landed on the landing platform;
the controller further configured to close the lid when the at least one landing lock element is in the closed position.