Patent SG-11201809093Q-A (SG)
Title: Electric unmanned aerial vehicle launcher
Inventor: TULLY ANDREW
IPC: B64F1/08
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: 170 16 184 230 182 FIG. 21 162 160 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 26 October 2017 (26.10.2017) WIPO I PCT 0111111010 0111 Holm 0 mo mum lionflom oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/184552 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B64C 39/02 (2006.01) B64F 1/08 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/028049 (22) International Filing Date: 18 April 2017 (18.04.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 14/999,290 20 April 2016 (20.04.2016) US (71) Applicant: ENGINEERED ARRESTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION [US/US]; 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). (72) Inventors: TULLY, Andrew; c/o Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). PAGE, Dennis; c/o Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). WITHERS, Robert; c/o Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). NEELD, Kenneth; c/o Engineered Arresting Systems Cor- poration, 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). ORNER JR., Richard, L.; c/o Engineered Arresting Sys- tems Corporation, 2550 Market Street, Aston, PA 19014 (US). (74) Agent: RUSSELL, Dean, W. et al.; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Mailstop: IP Docketing - 22, Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309-4528 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) (54) Title: ELECTRIC UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE LAUNCHER (57) : Embodiments of the present invention provide improvements to UAV launching systems. The disclosed launching system eliminates the use of hydraulic fluid and compressed nitrogen or air by providing an electric motor-driven tape that causes movement of a shuttle along a launcher rail. The shuttle is detachable from the motor-driven tape, such that stoppage of the tape can be separate from stoppage of the shuttle. Embodiments further provide a secondary arrestment strap. Further embodiments provide an anti-rollback latch system.