US 12,012,188 B2
Rapid aerial extraction systems
Marinus Bernard Bosma, Tipp City, OH (US); Charles David Solomon, Huber Heights, OH (US); and Peter Forrest LeHew, Catlett, VA (US)
Assigned to Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed by Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/453,051.
Application 18/453,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/217,973, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 17/217,973 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/613,403, granted, now 10,960,976, issued on Mar. 30, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2019/030273, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,905, filed on May 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010311 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B63C 9/01 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 9/01 (2013.01) [B64D 1/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position, comprising:
lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a height greater than a width, a top dome portion, a bottom, the bottom and conical portion joined by a tubular body, a main parachute and a control system with wireless communication circuitry, the rescue pod connected by a tether from the top dome portion to an apparatus with a winch in the aircraft;
controllably releasing the tether from the winch in the aircraft while maneuvering the aircraft into a circular orbit at a specific altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a descending spiral configuration with the rescue pod descending along a vertical centerline of the circular orbit;
lowering the rescue pod to the surface position;
loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment; and
lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering path and speed of the aircraft, or both, thereby causing a gradual increase in tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the surface position.