Patents by Inventor Maarten De Moor

Maarten De Moor 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).

  • Unmanned aircraft with failsafe system
    Patent number: 9120579
    Abstract: An unmanned aircraft configured to fall or crash in a controlled and safe manner. The unmanned aircraft includes a drive system to thrust the unmanned aircraft during a flight, and a reverse thrust system to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft during a landing. The unmanned aircraft further includes a controller operationally coupled to the reverse thrust system, and a detector to detect and notify to the controller that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation during the flight. The controller is adapted to activate the reverse thrust system in order to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft in-flight upon notification from the detector that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Gatewing NV
    Inventors: Bjorn De Smet, Maarten De Moor, Peter Cosyn
  • UNMANNED AIRCRAFT WITH FAILSAFE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150053824
    Abstract: An unmanned aircraft comprises: a drive system to thrust the unmanned aircraft during a flight; a reverse thrust system to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft during a landing; a controller operationally coupled to the reverse thrust system; and a detector to detect and notify to the controller that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation during the flight. The controller is then adapted to activate the reverse thrust system in order to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft in-flight upon notification from the detector that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Gatewing NV
    Inventors: Bjorn De Smet, Maarten De Moor, Peter Cosyn