公开(公告)号：US12258152B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US17532247

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil ,  Thomas Ramsager ,  Jeff Walp

IPC: B64U70/70 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U80/10 ,  B64U80/25 ,  B64U80/40 ,  B64U101/64

Abstract: A drone delivery system hub and method for sending for take-off and receiving for landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The drone delivery system hub includes a center shaft frame, a parcel-conveying system supported by the center shaft frame, structural arms coupled to and extending outward from the center shaft frame in a spoke-like configuration, drone-conveying systems each supported by one of the structural arms, and a linking conveyor span. The drone-conveying system conveys the UAVs along a length of a correspond one of the structural arms toward and away from the center shaft frame. The linking conveyor span selectably rotates to different orientations between different pairs of the structural arms, selectively conveying a UAV thereon between any two of the structural arms. The linking conveyor span is located above the parcel-conveying system such for the UAV thereon to deposit and retrieve parcels from the parcel-conveying system.

公开(公告)号：US20230159192A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17532247

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil ,  Thomas Ramsager ,  Jeff Walp

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64F1/32

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/027

Abstract: A drone delivery system hub and method for sending for take-off and receiving for landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The drone delivery system hub includes a center shaft frame, a parcel-conveying system supported by the center shaft frame, structural arms coupled to and extending outward from the center shaft frame in a spoke-like configuration, drone-conveying systems each supported by one of the structural arms, and a linking conveyor span. The drone-conveying system conveys the UAVs along a length of a correspond one of the structural arms toward and away from the center shaft frame. The linking conveyor span selectably rotates to different orientations between different pairs of the structural arms, selectively conveying a UAV thereon between any two of the structural arms. The linking conveyor span is located above the parcel-conveying system such for the UAV thereon to deposit and retrieve parcels from the parcel-conveying system.