Patent ID: 11866168
Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. An enclosure for an unmanned aerial system (UAS), said enclosure comprising:
a housing including a base and a plurality of sidewalls coupled to said base, said base and said plurality of sidewalls defining an interior volume;
a motive apparatus coupled to said housing;
a platform coupled to said motive apparatus and configured to move within said interior volume under control of said motive apparatus;
a plurality of lids movable between open and closed positions under control of said motive apparatus, each of said plurality of lids coupled to one of said plurality of sidewalls and to said platform;
a plurality of guides extending from said platform, each of said guides disposed to slidably engage a landing support of said UAS and passively guide said landing support of said UAS along each of a plurality of directions into a predetermined position on said platform; and wherein
driving said motive apparatus in a first direction causes said platform to move from a stowed position toward a deployed position and causes each of said plurality of lids to move from a closed position toward an open position;
driving said motive apparatus in a second direction opposite said first direction causes said platform to move from said deployed position toward said stowed position and causes each of said plurality of lids to move from said open position toward said closed position;
said platform defines an opening through the platform;
at least some of said plurality of guides are removably coupled to a top surface of said platform outside of said opening;
each of said guides defines an inside apex; and
each of said guides is disposed to passively guide a respective landing support toward a predetermined location on said platform between said inside apex of said guide and said opening.