US 12,134,466 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicles including wing capture devices and related methods
Rolf Rysdyk, Hood River, OR (US); Kelsey Nichole Underwood, Hood River, OR (US); and Dustin Honea Volentine, Bend, OR (US)
Assigned to Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US)
Filed by Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,686.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039018 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 25/68 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 25/68 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a fuselage; and
a wing assembly, the wing assembly including:
a shoulder coupled to the fuselage, the shoulder including a joint, the joint distal to the fuselage;
a wing coupled to the joint;
a boom supporting a rotor; and
a hook coupled to the boom at a location on the boom forward of a leading edge of the shoulder, the hook including a groove to receive a cable to arrest flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle.