Pod launch and landing system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12037135
APP PUB NO 20230365273A1
SERIAL NO

18106192

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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system, including: a UAV pod having an interior; and a telescoping UAV landing surface disposed in the interior of the UAV pod; where the telescoping UAV landing surface may translate up toward a top opening of the UAV pod, translate down into an interior of the UAV pod, or rotate relative to the UAV pod.

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AEROVIRONMENT INC900 INNOVATORS WAY SIMI VALLEY CA 93065

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Fisher, Christopher Eugene Leo, US 34 632
Lott, William Arden Simi Valley, US 28 475
Mukherjee, Jason Sidharthadev Simi Valley, US 20 526

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