Patent ID: 11919659
Assignee: DAE
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a motorized launch vehicle; and
a drone, the drone having a fuselage and a wing, the motorized launch vehicle being capable of rolling on a launch track to exceed a given speed threshold with respect to a surrounding air mass, the motorized launch vehicle being provided with a launch ramp cooperating with the drone in order, in a launch position, to guide the drone in translation from a starting position in a launch direction towards the front of the launch vehicle while the motorized launch vehicle rolls on the launch track and exceeds the given speed threshold with respect to the surrounding air mass,
wherein the drone comprises one or more jet engines and does not comprise a landing gear,
wherein the motorized launch vehicle is provided with a deflector capable, in an operational position, of deflecting a jet of air expelled by the jet engine(s) of the drone, the deflector being movable between the functional position and a transport position to reduce the drag of the launching motor vehicle in the air, the deflector in the functional position deflecting the jet of air upwards, and wherein
the wing having a wingspan that fulfills at least one of the following conditions:
the wingspan is greater than a lane width of the motorized launch vehicle, or
the wingspan is greater than two meters.