Abstract: A fishing reel is provided. The fishing reel includes one or more sensors that can obtain data of the fishing reel in a first movement. The fishing reel also includes a computing device. The computing device can estimate a casting posture of a user of the fishing reel from a plurality of casting postures, based on the data of the fishing reel and a model classifying the plurality of casting postures. The casting posture corresponds to the first movement. The computing device can control an operation of the fishing reel based on the casting posture of the user, and transmit data of the casting posture to a separate device.

Abstract: An external game call having a housing through which air is blown. The housing has a reed having an elastomeric material, typically latex, stretched between two arms of the reed frame. The reed is mounted in the housing such that airflow travels across the reed causing the latex to resonate, generating sounds that mimic game animals such as elk. The housing has an actuator that is depressed to position an actuator tongue onto the reed, and to exert variable pressure on the reed based on pressure applied by the user on the button. The actuator tongue is configured in structure to simulate a human tongue, thus producing life like sounds typically achieved by the use of internal reeds.

Abstract: An air delivery barrel system is described, the air delivery barrel system includes a strap system that provides line stretch of the strap system when a force is exerted on the strap system, the strap system including a continuous strap, a first barrel, the first barrel being formed out of a cylindrically shaped wall and the cylindrically shaped wall including a channel that the strap system passes through, an end cap, the end cap being detachably connectable to a bottom end of the first barrel, the end cap protecting a bottom portion of the strap system, a lid, the lid being detachably connectable to a top end of the first barrel, the lid including a recess through which the strap system passes through, and a second barrel that can be situated within the first barrel and the cylindrically shaped wall of the first barrel protects the second barrel.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a rapid mooring device of an offshore operation helicopter includes a fuel tank, a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, a check valve, a pressure sensor, a filter, an overflow valve, a two-position four-way electromagnetic reversing valve group, a three-position four-way Y type hydraulically operated reversing valve, an stacked double throttle check valve, an stacked internally controlled hydraulic lock, an externally controlled large flow hydraulic lock, a safety valve, a cartridge valve, an energy accumulator, a pneumatic hydraulic pump, a thick and thin parallel single rod hydraulic cylinder, a mechanical claw unlocking cylinder, a centering lock unlocking cylinder and an emergency lock unlocking cylinder.

Abstract: A harvesting unit with one or more pumps including one or more suction nozzles directed towards the seabed, one or more inlets that lead from the suction nozzle to the pump, an outlet to a sorting device, one or more motors for driving the one or more pumps, where the sorting device, which at least separates bottom-dwelling marine organisms from bycatch and foreign bodies, has an outlet for bottom-dwelling marine organisms leading to a collecting unit, a structural main frame that carries at least the harvesting unit, and a towing and launching system for deployment and propulsion of the harvesting unit.

Abstract: A fishing lure according to an embodiment of the disclosure comprises a main body portion having an interior portion provided with a cavity. The cavity is partially or completely visible from outside. At least one high refractive index glass bead and/or at least one specular bead capable of reflecting external light is disposed in an outer surface of the main body portion, in an inner surface of the main body portion, and/or inside the cavity. The external light is reflected by the at least one high refractive index glass bead and/or the at least one specular bead disposed in the outer surface, in the inner surface, and/or inside the cavity.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assembly includes an UAV and an UAV docking station. The UAV docking station includes a housing, an extension piece, and a door. The housing is provided with an accommodation cavity and a hatch communicating with the accommodation cavity. The extension piece comprises an extension cavity and is connected to the housing. The extension piece is disposed on a side portion of a housing end which is near the hatch, and the extension cavity communicates with the accommodation cavity. The door is connected to the housing and disposed at the hatch, and the door is configured to open or close the hatch. A cross-sectional area where the extension cavity communicates with the accommodation cavity is greater than a cross-sectional area of the accommodation cavity. The UAV can be accommodated in the accommodation cavity of the UAV docking station.

Abstract: A pitot tube restraint system is disclosed herein. The pitot tube restrain system includes an outer shaft, a pitot tube coupled to a first end of the outer shaft and extending outward from the outer shaft, a torsion spring disposed around the outer shaft, a stop pad coupled to the first end of the outer shaft, a base disposed adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, an inner shaft having disposed through the outer shaft, a first end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the stop pad and a second end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the base, a pawl disposed around the inner shaft and adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, the pawl configured to engage the second end of the outer shaft to prevent the pitot tube from rotating in a first direction, and a pawl spring disposed around the inner shaft.

Abstract: An in-flight aircraft tracking system may include a power transmission line suspended in the air and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to identify an aircraft in proximity to the power transmission line. A traffic control system may be configured to coordinate movement of multiple aircrafts in proximity to the power transmission line. An in-flight aircraft tracking method may include transmitting a reader signal from a RFID reader to an aircraft while the aircraft is in proximity to a power transmission line and receiving an identification signal in response to the reader signal from an RFID transmitter coupled to the aircraft.

Abstract: A fishing system includes a container having a cavity sized to pass a jig line therethrough and to store the jig line and fasteners for releasably connecting the container to a fishing rod. The fasteners are configured to secure ends of the jig line to an exterior of the container.

Abstract: A device comprising: a stand; a frame rotatably mounted relative to the stand; a control arm rotatably mounted on the frame; a roll spider rotatably mounted on the frame; a pitch spider rotatably mounted on the control arm; a roll motor that is stationary relative to the frame and that includes a roll pin rotatably mounted on the roll spider; and a pitch motor that is stationary relative to the frame and that includes a pitch pin rotatably mounted on the pitch spider. A rotary connection device.

Abstract: A system and a method include a lighting sub-system including one or more light fixtures configured to be disposed within a cargo area of an internal cabin of a vehicle. A control unit is in communication with the one or more light fixtures. The control unit is configured to control the one or more light fixtures. The control unit is configured to selectively adjust light emitted from the one or more light fixtures based on the cargo within the cargo area. The system and the method can also include one or more temperature control devices configured to one or both of adjust or maintain a temperature within the cargo area of the internal cabin of the vehicle. The control unit can be configured to control the one or more temperature control devices based on the cargo within the cargo area.

Abstract: Aerial vehicles, their structures and methods of locomotion are described. An aerial vehicle may include a fuselage having an x-axis, a plurality of flexible structures emanating from the fuselage that take the form of a feather, wing and/or tentacle, at least one motor, and at least one propeller driven by one or more motors. Each flexible structure may extend from a fuselage in any direction and are used to enhance the observability of the aircraft by moving and/or oscillating within a frequency band and at a magnitude that is more easily observed by and catches the human eye.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lip device for use in a fishing lure for altering the lure configuration which provides different depths and pattern of travel of the lure, wherein the lip device is connectable to the lure via lip connectors. The lip device, in an embodiment, comprises: a lip activator for changing the lip angel of attack, the lip activator being connected to the lip via a lip connecting device and the lip activator being sensitive to the lure speed through water, the lip activator having a passive state and an active state wherein the passive state corresponds to a first lip configuration, and the active state corresponds to a second lip configuration.

Abstract: A fishing bait forming assembly and method for facilitating baiting gelatinous bait includes a housing enclosing an interior space and having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The housing is elongated from a first end to a second end, and the first and second ends are open. A bait form is mounted to the housing and compresses a portion of the gelatinous bait to form a compacted bait mass. A hook slot extends through the first end of the housing and through the exterior surface and the interior surface of the housing.

Abstract: A drone fishing system mountable on a fishing vessel having an aft portion includes a landing pad mounted having a drone station mounted on the aft portion of the fishing vessel, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and tether line and tether reel for maintaining an electrical connection between the drone station and the UAV. The UAV including a computing module for determining optimal positioning of the UAV with respect to the fishing vessel during operation. The UAV tether line spools about the tether reel and has an abrasion resistant cable jacket for enabling a selective engagement of a clip on the tether line. A first altimeter mounted on the fishing vessel. A second altimeter mounted on the UAV. The first and second altimeters communicate with the computing module of the UAV. The electrical connection communicates power and data between the landing pad and the UAV.

Abstract: A method of moving a spacecraft from an initial orbit to a final orbit includes providing a spacecraft with thrusters traveling in an initial orbit that has a first RAAN. Thrusters are activated to move the spacecraft into a transfer orbit having more eccentricity than the initial orbit. A RAAN of the transfer orbit changes over time toward a target RAAN. The spacecraft enters an aerobraking orbit wherein the spacecraft is exposed to increased atmospheric drag to reduce orbit energy and reduce an apoapsis radius. Thrusters may be activated to increase the periapsis radius of the aerobraking orbit and cause the spacecraft to move into the final orbit, the final orbit having a final RAAN different from the first RAAN.

Abstract: A self-charging modular portable survival drone that recharges by natural elements is disclosed. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is capable of conventionally charging other devices, performing remote flight operations, and signaling for help. The natural elements include wind and water. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is configured to rapidly and repeatedly charge mobile battery units stored in ducted fan assemblies. The ducted fan assemblies can be used to charge personal electronic devices and power remote flight operations via modular drone. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can be used to signal for help using onboard high-output LEDs during SOS flight operations. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can further be used, during SOS flight operations, to broadcast current GPS coordinates over local search and rescue bands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to spacecraft shielding, articles comprising such shielding as well as processes of making and using spacecraft shielding and articles comprising such shielding. Such shields are made by a 3D process that provides significant shield geometry and composition flexibility and yields shields that have significantly improved shield performance. Such shields may be efficiently be manufactured in space.

Abstract: A fish dispatching device includes an elongated main body having a first end, a second end, and a hollow interior space. A spike having an opening along a sharpened tip extends outward from the first end of the main body, and an elongated wire is positioned within a continuous interior channel formed by the main body, the spike and the opening. A control knob is connected to the second end of the elongated wire and slides along the length of the main body to extend and retract the second end of the elongated wire through the opening in the spike. The control knob is connected to an elongated slit for cleaning the interior of the main body, and a knife is removably positioned within a sheath located along the second end of the main body.