PERFORATED CAPSULE HOOK FOR STABLE HIGH SPEED RETRACT

    公开(公告)号:EP4169836A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-26

    申请号:EP22213770.5

    申请日:2019-04-17

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人: PRAGER, Andre

    摘要: A payload coupling apparatus is provided that includes a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a side wall positioned between the upper and lower portions, an attachment point on the housing adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether, a slot in the housing that extends downwardly towards a center of the housing thereby forming a hook or lip on the lower portion of the housing beneath the slot, a plurality of holes in the upper portion of the housing; and a plurality of holes in the lower portion of the housing. A method of retracting a payload coupling apparatus during UAV flight is also provided.

    AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    65.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4434897A3

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-13

    申请号:EP24193323.3

    申请日:2019-12-06

    发明人: PRIOR, Stephen

    摘要: The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising: a flight system for producing thrust to manoeuvre the unmanned aerial vehicle. The flight system comprises: one or more flight rotors defining a plane passing through each flight rotor and a thrust direction generally perpendicular to the plane; and one or more electric motor for driving the one or more flight rotors. The unmanned aerial vehicle further comprises: a cargo area for coupling to or receiving a load; and a load system for providing thrust additional to the thrust provided by the flight system to thereby lift a load coupled to or received in the cargoarea. The load system comprises: a plurality of gas turbine propulsion systems fixed with N-fold rotational symmetry, wherein N is the number of gas turbine propulsion systems; and a controller configured to control the flight system and load system.