Patents by Inventor Ted R. Clem

Ted R. Clem 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).

  • System and method for airborne deployment of object designed for waterborne task
    Patent number: 9056679
    Abstract: An airborne deployment system and method for deploying an object designed. for a waterborne task. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has an object such as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) releasably coupled thereto. The UAV is guided to a target site on a body of water in accordance with navigation. rules predicated on navigation capability of the UAV. The UUV Is released from the UAV at a location that is one of in the air and on the water in accordance with release rules predicated on the navigation capability of UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Tye A. Langston, Rodolfo T. Arrieta, Ted R. Clem