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US 12,246,952 · App. 17/581,709 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Hoist and deployable equipment apparatus, system, and method

Inventors: Derek Sikora (Denver, CO); Logan Goodrich (Golden, CO); Daniel Stehling (Wheat Ridge, CO); Jonathan Zeller Oster (Denver, CO); Caleb B. Carr (Commerce City, CO); Patrick Carr (Gresham, OR)
Assignee: Vita Inclintata IP Holdings LLC
B66C13/063B66C13/085B66C13/46B66D3/18
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Patent No.
US 12,246,952
App. No.
17/581,709
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods to deploy and stow a deployable equipment to and from a hoist, to control a load on a suspension without transfer of torque to the suspension cable, for the deployable equipment to obtain data and electrical services from a dock of a carrier, and for the deployable equipment to control the hoist, such as a reel of a hoist, to control a z-axis of a terminal end of the suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control an elevation of a load, such as relative to carrier, ground, or an objective or target, to control a tension on or of suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control a rate of ascent or descent of a terminal end of suspension cable.

Claims (24)

1. A deployable equipment system for a carrier, wherein the carrier is to carry a load suspended by a cable from the carrier, wherein the load comprises a deployable equipment and wherein the deployable equipment system comprises:

a dock for the deployable equipment, wherein the dock comprises an electrical interface for the deployable equipment, wherein the deployable equipment is to connect to the electrical interface and is to recharge a rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment through the electrical interface, and

the deployable equipment, wherein the deployable equipment is to separate from the dock and the electrical interface for the deployable equipment, wherein the deployable equipment comprises a computer processor and memory, wherein the memory comprises a deployable equipment module which, when executed by the computer processor, is to perform a function or a command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment.

2. The deployable equipment system according to claim 1 , wherein the deployable equipment comprises a suspended load control apparatus, wherein the load is secured to the suspended load control apparatus and wherein the suspended load control apparatus comprises a thruster and a sensor suite, wherein the deployable equipment module is a load control module which, when executed by the computer processor, is to perform the function or the command at least in part using the electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment and wherein to perform the function or the command at least in part using the electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises to estimate or predict a state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on a sensor data from the sensor suite.

3. The deployable equipment system according to claim 2 , wherein to perform the function or the command at least in part using the electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises to control the thruster to influence at least one of a rotation or a movement from a first position to a second position of the suspended load control apparatus and the load.

4. The deployable equipment system according to claim 2 , wherein to estimate or predict the state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on the sensor data from the sensor suite comprises to predict a near-term future state or parameter based on a currently measured state or parameter with feedback from at least one of a functional mode or command state of an operational module, a thrust and orientation mapping, or a fan mapping.

5. The deployable equipment system according to claim 2 , wherein to estimate or predict the state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on the sensor data comprises to combine the sensor data from the sensor suite in a filter and determine a deviation between a previously predicted state or parameter and a currently measured state or parameter.

6. The deployable equipment system according to claim 2 , wherein the carrier further comprises a hoist, wherein the hoist comprises a reel for the cable, and wherein to perform the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises to control the reel for the cable to control an elevation or z-axis coordinate of the suspended load control apparatus and the load secured to the suspended load control apparatus.

7. The deployable equipment system according to claim 1 , wherein the dock comprises a docking interface, wherein the docking interface is to engage or disengage the dock to or from the deployable equipment and wherein to perform the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises to control the docking interface to engage or disengage the dock to or from the deployable equipment.

8. The deployable equipment system according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication interface wherein the communication interface is to provide a signal communication between the deployable equipment and the carrier, and wherein to perform the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises to communicate over the communication interface to at least one of change an elevation or z-axis coordinate of the deployable equipment or to engage or disengage the dock to or from the deployable equipment.

9. The deployable equipment system according to claim 1 , wherein the deployable equipment comprises at least one of a cable retainer or a coupling to a terminal equipment of the cable, wherein the cable retainer is to secure the deployable equipment to or around the cable and wherein the coupling to the terminal equipment of the cable is to secure the deployable equipment to the terminal equipment of the cable, wherein the coupling to the terminal equipment of the cable comprises at least one of a releasable clasp or a rotary bearing, wherein the rotary bearing is to allow a rotation of the deployable equipment to occur without transfer of a rotational force from the deployable equipment to the cable.

10. A computer implemented method to control a deployable equipment suspended by a cable from a carrier, comprising:

recharging a rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment through an electrical interface between the deployable equipment and a dock, separating the deployable equipment from the electrical interface, and performing a function or a command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the deployable equipment comprises a thruster and sensor suite and wherein performing the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises estimating or predicting a state or parameter of the deployable equipment based on a sensor data from the sensor suite and, in response thereto, controlling the thruster to influence at least one of a rotation or a movement from a first position to a second position of the deployable equipment.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein estimating or predicting the state or parameter of the deployable equipment based on the sensor data from the sensor suite comprises predicting a near-term future state or parameter based on a currently measured state or parameter with feedback from at least one of a functional mode or command state of an operational module, a thrust and orientation mapping, or a fan mapping.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein estimating or predicting the state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on the sensor data comprises to combine the sensor data from the sensor suite in a filter and determine a deviation between a previously predicted state or parameter and a currently measured state or parameter.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein performing the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment further comprises engaging or disengaging the deployable equipment to or from a dock of the carrier.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein performing the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment further comprises communicating from the deployable equipment to the carrier and thereby controlling a hoist of the carrier and, thereby, an elevation or z-axis coordinate of the deployable equipment.

16. A deployable equipment apparatus for a carrier, wherein the carrier is to carry the deployable equipment suspended by a cable from the carrier, the deployable equipment apparatus comprising:

means to recharge a rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment through an electrical interface between the deployable equipment and a dock, means to separate the deployable equipment from the electrical interface, and means for the deployable equipment to perform a function or a command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the deployable equipment comprises a thruster and sensor suite and wherein means to perform the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment comprises means to estimate or predict a state or parameter of the deployable equipment based on the sensor data from the sensor suite and, in response thereto, means to control the thruster to influence at least one of a rotation or a movement from a first position to a second position of the deployable equipment.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein means to estimate or predict the state or parameter of the deployable equipment based on the sensor data from the sensor suite comprises means to predict a near-term future state or parameter based on a currently measured state or parameter with feedback from at least one of a functional mode or command state of an operational module, a thrust and orientation mapping, or a fan mapping.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein means to estimate or predict the state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on the sensor data comprises means to combine the sensor data from the sensor suite in a filter and determine a deviation between a previously predicted state or parameter and a currently measured state or parameter.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein means to perform the function or the command at least in part using an electrical power from the rechargeable battery of the deployable equipment further comprises means to engage or disengage the deployable equipment to or from a dock of the carrier.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: VITA INCLINATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: VITA INCLINATA IP HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 064170/0973 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: VITA INCLINATA IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: 3&1 FUND LLC
Reel/Frame 063539/0371 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: CARR, CALEB B.; SIKORA, DEREK; GOODRICH, LOGAN; STEHLING, DANIEL; OSTER, JONATHAN ZELLAR; CARR, PATRICK
To: VITA INCLINATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059181/0660 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation In Part 16988373 · Aug 7, 2020
Continuation In Part PCTUS2020042936 · Jul 21, 2020
Continuation PCTUS2019013603 · Jan 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62931666 · Nov 6, 2019
Provisional Application 62876721 · Jul 21, 2019
Provisional Application 62757414 · Nov 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62627920 · Feb 8, 2018
Related Publication 20220135378A1 · May 5, 2022
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