Patents by Inventor Andrew Keith Dickson

Andrew Keith Dickson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11542036
    Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods are described. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe, a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: INSITU, INC.
    Inventors: James Statelar McGrew, Matthew David Grubb, Andrew Keith Dickson, Andrew Royds Hayes
  • AERIAL LAUNCH AND/OR RECOVERY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210163138
    Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods are described. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe, a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: James Statelar McGrew, Matthew David Grubb, Andrew Keith Dickson, Andrew Royds Hayes
  • Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 10836509
    Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INSITU, INC.
    Inventors: James Statelar McGrew, Matthew David Grubb, Andrew Keith Dickson, Andrew Royds Hayes
  • AERIAL LAUNCH AND/OR RECOVERY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180162528
    Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: James Statelar McGrew, Matthew David Grubb, Andrew Keith Dickson, Andrew Royds Hayes