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System for detachably coupling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a launch tube

  • US 10,442,554 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2014
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube;

    a sabot disposed in an interior of said UAV launch tube, said sabot comprising a first clasp tab and an expandable skirt, wherein said sabot is hollow, wherein said expandable skirt is configured to provide a pressure seal with an inner circumferential wall of said UAV launch tube, wherein said expandable skirt is disposed proximate an open end of the sabot, wherein said expandable skirt is disposed distal from said first clasp tab, and wherein said expandable skirt further comprises a circumferential skirt protrusion extending toward said inner circumferential wall of said UAV launch tube; and

    a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting said inner circumferential wall of said UAV launch tube;

    wherein said clasp is constrained by said inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.

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