Justin B Mcallister, 43Seattle, WA

2013004, Feb 28, 2013

Aug 29, 2011

13/220343

Uchenna Ofoma - San Gabriel CA, US
Bart Dean Hibbs - Simi Valley CA, US
Ronald Olch - Van Nuys CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Simi Valley CA, US

AeroVironment Inc - Monrovia CA

B21D 53/02

2989003

A method of manufacturing a heat transfer system is provided that includes, in one form, preparing a heat conducting array by perforating at least a portion of the heat conducting array, wrapping the heat conducting array around foam elements, placing a heat conducting spreader along one surface area of the foam elements, placing a lower skin over the heat conducting spreader, placing an upper skin over an opposite surface area of the foam elements to create a structural assembly, and curing the structural assembly. A material of the foam elements flows through the perforated portion of the heat conducting array during the curing step.

2013004, Feb 28, 2013

Aug 29, 2011

13/220338

Uchenna Ofoma - San Gabriel CA, US
Bart Dean Hibbs - Simi Valley CA, US
Ronald Olch - Van Nuys CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Simi Valley CA, US

AeroVironment Inc - Monrovia CA

F28F 7/00

165 47, 165185

A heat transfer system is provided by the present disclosure that includes, in one form, a structural member having an upper skin, a lower skin, and a foam core disposed between the upper skin and the lower skin. At least one heat conducting array extends through the foam core and between the upper skin and the lower skin, the heat conducting array defining at least one upper cap, at least one lower cap, and a wall portion extending between the upper cap and the lower cap, the upper cap being disposed proximate a heat source. A heat conducting spreader is disposed between the lower cap of the heat conducting array and the lower skin of the structural member.

2013009, Apr 25, 2013

Oct 19, 2012

13/656587

JOHN P. ZWAAN - SIMI VALLEY CA, US
MARC L. SCHMALZEL - SIMI VALLEY CA, US
STEVEN CHAMBERS - SIMI VALLEY CA, US
JUSTIN B. McALLISTER - MONROVIA CA, US

AEROVIRONMENT, INC. - MONROVIA CA

B64C 29/00

244 121

A method of unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) flight includes providing horizontal thrust in-line with the direction of forward flight of the UAV()using at least one electric motor(), providing primary vertical lift for the UAV() during the forward flight using a fixed and non-rotating wing(), repositioning the at least one electric motor()to provide vertical thrust during transition of the UAV()to vertical flight(A) for descent(E),landing the UAV()on a surface() using a vertical approach after the motor repositioning, and deploying an anchor() to secure the UAV()to a surface().

2014006, Mar 6, 2014

Nov 26, 2012

13/694388

Phillip T. Tokumaru - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Mark L. Schmalzel - Simi Valley CA, US
John Peter Zwaan - Simi Valley CA, US
Jeremy D. Tyler - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Simi Valley CA, US
Gabriel Torres - Simi Valley CA, US
Pavel Belik - Simi Valley CA, US

AeroVironment Inc - Monrovia CA

B60K 1/00
B63H 21/17
B63G 8/08
B64D 27/00

244 62, 180 651, 440 6

A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.

2012023, Sep 13, 2012

May 23, 2012

13/478520

Christopher E. Fisher - Simi Valley CA, US
Marc L. Schmalzel - Simi Valley CA, US
Steven Chambers - Simi Valley CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Simi Valley CA, US

G05D 1/00

701 3

Methods, systems, and devices for determining system/device configuration and setting a mode of operation based on the determined configuration. An air vehicle processor: (a) receives a component information set of at least one external component; (b) determine a mode of operation, by the processor having a current mode of operation setting, based on the received component information and at least one of: an initial mode of operation setting and the current mode of operation setting; (c) determines whether all of the one or more received component information sets match a configuration requirement; (d) transitions to a flight-ready status if the determination is a conjunctive match; and (e) transition to a reset status if the determination is not a conjunctive match.

2022027, Sep 1, 2022

Feb 28, 2022

17/683019

- Arlington VA, US
John P. Zwaan - Simi Valley CA, US
Marc L. Schmalzel - Simi Valley CA, US
Steven Chambers - Simi Valley CA, US
Justin McAllister - Monrovia CA, US

B64C 29/00
B64C 39/02

A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight includes providing horizontal thrust in-line with the direction of forward flight of the UAV using at least one electric motor, providing primary vertical lift for the UAV during the forward flight using a fixed and non-rotating wing, repositioning the at least one electric motor to provide vertical thrust during transition of the UAV to vertical flight for descent, landing the UAV on a surface using a vertical approach after the motor repositioning, and deploying an anchor to secure the UAV to a surface.

2021020, Jul 8, 2021

Oct 19, 2020

17/073412

- Simi Valley CA, US
Thomas Robert Szarek - Oak Park CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Seattle WA, US
Pavel Belik - Simi Valley CA, US

AeroVironment, Inc. - Simi Valley CA

G08G 5/02
B64C 39/02
G05D 1/06
B64D 31/00
G05D 1/00

An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.

2021000, Jan 7, 2021

Jul 1, 2020

16/919046

- Simi Valley CA, US
Phillip T. Tokumaru - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Marc L. Schmalzel - Simi Valley CA, US
John Peter Zwaan - Simi Valley CA, US
Jeremy D. Tyler - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Justin B. McAllister - Seattle WA, US
Gabriel E. Torres - Seattle WA, US
Pavel Belik - Simi Valley CA, US

AeroVironment, Inc. - Simi Valley CA

B60K 1/04
B60K 1/00
B64D 27/00
B63H 21/17
B63G 8/08
B60K 7/00
B60K 17/356
A63H 27/00
B64C 27/00
B64C 39/02
B64D 27/24

A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.