US 12,030,666 B2
Drone launching mechanism
Gedalia Kuperman, Tel Aviv (IL); and Shaked Shek, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to SPEAR U.A.V LTD, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by SPEAR U.A.V LTD, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,171.
Claims priority of application No. 282882 (IL), filed on May 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348355 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B64F 1/04 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/04 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drone-launching mechanism for launching a drone, contained in an elongated launching container defining a container axis extending between a container bottom and a container top through which the drone is launched, comprising:
two launching elements each having a cup portion defining a cup axis coaxial with the container axis, one cup portion fitting into the other and the two portions jointly defining a propelling space; one of the two elements being a static element fitted at a bottom portion of the container and the other of the two elements being a dynamic element, axially displaceable towards said top such that when it so displaces it causes corresponding displacement of the drone;
a pressure generator configured for generating an abrupt pressure within the propelling space, whereupon said dynamic element axially displaces towards said top thereby displacing the drone and leading to its launch
wherein the cup portions of the static and dynamic elements each have a respective static base with cup-defining walls projecting therefrom and a dynamic base with cup-defining walls projecting therefrom;
wherein the dynamic base is attached to the top end of the cup-defining walls of the static element.