IP Library Granted Patent US 12709407
Granted Patent B2
US 12709407 · App. 18/987,762 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Landing facility, landing method

Inventor: Yoichi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AERONEXT INC.
B64F1/00B64U10/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12709407
App. No.
18/987,762
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A landing facility that enables flight vehicles to land safely even in strong winds. The landing system of the invention includes a first area for landing a flight vehicle, a windbreak part having a predetermined height and cover part at least a portion of the perimeter of the first area, and a second area located away from the windbreak part, where the flight vehicle descends to a predetermined flight altitude. The flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part. The second area is an area selected from a plurality of permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted. A portion of the windbreak part comprises a net.

Claims (20)

1 . A landing facility, comprising:

a first area for landing a flight vehicle;

a windbreak part arranged to surround at least a portion of a perimeter of the first area and having a predetermined height; and

a second area located apart from the windbreak part and allowing the flight vehicle to descend in a vertical direction to a predetermined flight altitude,

wherein

the flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part,

the second area is one of a plurality of predefined permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted, and

the second area comprises a descent instruction unit configured to instruct the flight vehicle to descend to the predetermined flight altitude.

2 . The landing facility according to claim 1 ,

wherein the windbreak part comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a panel, a net, a fence, an air curtain, a green curtain, and a water curtain.

3 . The landing facility according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first area includes a landing instruction unit that instructs the flight vehicle to land.

4 . A method of landing using a landing facility, comprising:

providing a first area for landing a flight vehicle;

providing a windbreak part arranged to surround at least a portion of a perimeter of the first area and having a predetermined height;

providing a second area located apart from the windbreak part and allowing the flight vehicle to descend to a predetermined flight altitude, the second area being one of a plurality of predefined permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted,

wherein the flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part, and

wherein the method comprises:

descending the flight vehicle to the predetermined flight altitude in the second area; and then

landing the flight vehicle in the first area.