Patent ID: 9126699
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
1. A system to launch, carry and recover aerial vehicles, comprising: a first tilt pad with one or more arresting cables to catch a landing aerial vehicle and one or more grippers to hold and release and launch said aerial vehicle; said first tilting pad has a tilting mechanism in order to match attitude of said aerial vehicle in circling motion; said first tilting pad is connected to a rotating arm; a guide wheel is attached to said rotating arm, so that a driving and position sensing unit can detect position of a counterweight, and drive said counterweight to desired position between a first and a second end of said rotating arm; a base, which contains a motor, an electronic control system, and a battery; said motor is used to drive a rotation axis and said rotating arm; in order to detect imbalance, a horizontal force sensor, a vertical force sensor and a mounting disk are added; when said rotating arm is not rotating, static balancing is achieved by detecting imbalance via force sensors and driving counterweight to appropriate location on the rotating arm accordingly using driving and position sensing unit under the control of electronic control system inside base; in order to reduce imbalance dynamically when launching or landing only one aerial vehicle, counterweight driven by driving and position sensing unit, a pulley system and guide wheel is attached to rotating arm, so that driving and position sensing unit can detect position of the counterweight, and drive the counterweight to desired position between said ends of rotating arm; and when said rotating arm is rotating, dynamic balancing is achieved by detecting imbalance via force sensors and driving counterweight to appropriate location on the rotating arm using driving and position sensing unit, and adjusting deflection of flaperon and accordingly under the control of electronic control system inside base.