Patents by Inventor Mykola Mykolaiovych TOPTUN

Mykola Mykolaiovych TOPTUN 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).

  • Device for catching and launching an unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11591112
    Abstract: A device for catching and launching a guided UAV, the device comprises a supporting post, a horizontal shaft mounted on the post, and a lever is mounted on the horizontal shaft and can make a full revolution around a horizontal axis within a vertical plane, the lever is equipped with an engagement/disengagement device a means for interaction with the UAV catching device and an optical member, preferably arranged on the lever, for determining a location of the lever interaction means by an optical guidance system of the UAV. The lever comprises two coaxial portions, one is the engagement/disengagement device, and the second is a bar, wherein one end of the bar is coupled to the horizontal shaft, while another end thereof is connected to the engagement/disengagement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Stepura, Mykola Mykolaiovych Toptun
  • DEVICE FOR CATCHING AND LAUNCHING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220258884
    Abstract: A device for catching and launching a guided UAV, the device comprises a supporting post, a horizontal shaft mounted on the post, and a lever is mounted on the horizontal shaft and can make a full revolution around a horizontal axis within a vertical plane, the lever is equipped with an engagement/disengagement device a means for interaction with the UAV catching device and an optical member, preferably arranged on the lever, for determining a location of the lever interaction means by an optical guidance system of the UAV. The lever comprises two coaxial portions, one is the engagement/disengagement device, and the second is a bar, wherein one end of the bar is coupled to the horizontal shaft, while another end thereof is connected to the engagement/disengagement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Oleksandr Volodymyrovych STEPURA, Mykola Mykolaiovych TOPTUN