Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for delivering goods and retrieving reusable totes for drone delivery
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Application No.: US16203969Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US11130570B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: William J. Green , Sharon T. Spaulding , Marc Henri Coq
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Tihon Poltavets
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02

Abstract:
A delivery system includes a drone including a prime mover, one or more rotors operatively connected to the prime mover, and a payload attachment system including a latch mechanism having a first selectively deployable clamp member and a second selectively deployable clamp member. The delivery system also includes a plurality of nested reusable totes. Each of the plurality of nested reusable totes includes a body having a base, sides, and a lid, at least two of the sides include a gripping feature. The selectively deployable clamp members are operable to engage with the gripping feature on one or more of the plurality of nested reusable totes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200172241A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING GOODS AND RETRIEVING REUSABLE TOTES FOR DRONE DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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