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Scalable drone launcher

  • US 10,800,524 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2018
  • Issued: 10/13/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for clearing one or more malfunctioning drones in a drone launcher comprising:

  • a stack of two or more drones stacked one on top of the other, which includes said one or more malfunctioning drones,a launchpad, anda controller,wherein each of said two or more drones is equipped with a first set of bottom facing contacts and a second set of top facing contacts, and said launchpad is equipped with a third set of top facing contacts, wherein;

    (a) said launchpad'"'"'s top facing set of contacts connects to the bottom facing set of contacts of a drone from the stack of two or more drones immediately above it to form a matching set of contacts,(b) each drone'"'"'s top facing set of contacts connects to the bottom facing set contacts of a drone from the stack of two or more drones immediately above it, except for the drone at the top of the stack, to form additional matching sets of contacts(c) each matching set of contacts can physically attach, hold, release or repel each other through turning on, off, or reversing the polarity of a magnetic force;

    wherein each of said one or more malfunctioning drones when at a top most position in the stack is ejected by reversing the polarity of the magnetic force of the top facing contacts of the drone or launchpad immediately below the malfunctioning drone.

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