Patents Assigned to NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 11905037
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle takeoff and landing system, an aerial vehicle takeoff and landing apparatus, and an aerial vehicle capable of reducing the influence of the ground effect and capable of taking off and landing smoothly even in a comparatively small and limited space. A pair of rails are arranged side by side with a gap therebetween, and are arranged with a space in an extension direction on at least an under side and one end side. An aerial vehicle has a suspension portion provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be inserted between the rails from the one end side. With the suspension portion is inserted between the rails, the aerial vehicle can be suspended at a predetermined landing position of the rails, and the aerial vehicle suspended at the landing position can take off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazunori Ohno, Yoshito Okada, Masahiro Watanabe, Daiki Fujikura, Toshi Takamori
  • Publication number: 20220274719
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle takeoff and landing system, an aerial vehicle takeoff and landing apparatus, and an aerial vehicle capable of reducing the influence of the ground effect and capable of taking off and landing smoothly even in a comparatively small and limited space. A pair of rails are arranged side by side with a gap therebetween, and are arranged with a space in an extension direction on at least an under side and one end side. An aerial vehicle has a suspension portion provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be inserted between the rails from the one end side. With the suspension portion is inserted between the rails, the aerial vehicle can be suspended at a predetermined landing position of the rails, and the aerial vehicle suspended at the landing position can take off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NPO International Rescue System Institute
    Inventors: Kenjiro TADAKUMA, Satoshi TADOKORO, Kazunori OHNO, Yoshito OKADA, Masahiro WATANABE, Daiki FUJIKURA, Toshi TAKAMORI
  • Publication number: 20170350424
    Abstract: A moving device includes an elastic tube, a sectional shape of which is elastically deformable according to an internal pressure given by fluid, a slider unit capable of moving forward and backward in a longitudinal direction of the elastic tube according to a change in the sectional shape of the elastic tube, a brake provided in the slider unit and configured to be deformed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elastic tube to be capable of coming into sliding contact with a target object, and a fluid adjusting section configured to supply air to or discharge air from the elastic tube respectively via first and second fluid supply pipes that respectively communicate with insides on a distal end side and a proximal end side of the elastic tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Yasuo HIRATA, Satoshi TADOKORO, Tomonari YAMAMOTO, Masashi KONYO, Kenjiro TADAKUMA