Patents by Inventor Lucas Colt Whitaker

Lucas Colt Whitaker 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).

  • Constant tension tether management system for a tethered aircraft
    Patent number: 11713118
    Abstract: A constant tension tether management system for tethered aircraft includes a ground station for operatively coupling to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The ground station includes a spool rotatably disposed within the ground station and adapted to support a tether thereon. A first pulley is rotatably mounted within the ground station along a tether travel path. A second pulley is rotatably disposed within the ground station and moves in translation along the tether travel path. The first pulley is disposed along the tether travel path between the spool and the second pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Hoverfly Technologies. Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas Colt Whitaker, Alfred D. Ducharme
  • Landing structure for an unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11518542
    Abstract: A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle has an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground-based platform. A guide structure for receiving the unmanned aerial vehicle is mounted on the ground base platform. The guide structure has an inner diameter greater than a smallest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear and less than the largest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HOVERFLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alfred D. Ducharme, Adam Stepien, Jason Tabor, Lucas Colt Whitaker, Daniel J. Burroughs
  • LANDING STRUCTURE FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200262583
    Abstract: A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle has an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground-based platform. A guide structure for receiving the unmanned aerial vehicle is mounted on the ground base platform. The guide structure has an inner diameter greater than a smallest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear and less than the largest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Alfred D. Ducharme, Adam Stepien, Jason Tabor, Lucas Colt Whitaker, Daniel J. Burroughs
  • WATER RESISTANT VENT FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200263900
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a platform. An altimeter is mounted in an interior of the platform. The platform is formed with an opening therein providing access to the interior of the platform from an exterior of the platform. A vent is disposed within the opening of the platform and forms a channel configured to allow air to move from the exterior of the platform to the interior of the platform along the entire length of the channel, and preventing ambient water from travelling from the exterior of the platform through an entire length of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Lucas Colt Whitaker
  • CONSTANT TENSION TETHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ATETHERED AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180251216
    Abstract: A constant tension tether management system for tethered aircraft includes a ground station for operatively coupling to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The ground station includes a spool rotatably disposed within the ground station and adapted to support a tether thereon. A first pulley is rotatably mounted within the ground station along a tether travel path. A second pulley is rotatably disposed within the ground station and moves in translation along the tether travel path. The first pulley is disposed along the tether travel path between the spool and the second pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Lucas Colt Whitaker