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Fibrous occlusive interruption of lift

US10724831B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 2018
Grant dateJul 28, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B12/745
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and process for interfering with the flight of one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes aiming a deployment device in a direction of the one or more UAVs and deploying by the deployment device a package in the direction of the one or more UAVs. The package includes a fiber material consisting of multiple individual fibers formed of one or more biodegradable materials. When the fiber material is released from the package after deployment, it forms a cloud of multiple individual fibers and the cloud of multiple individual fibers physically interferes with a propeller system of the one or more UAVs, thus causing the one or more UAVs to lose the ability to remain aloft.

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