Adaptive Mobile Distribution of Data Among a Fleet of Uncrewed Vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US20240154689A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US17982783

    申请日:2022-11-08

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185 H04W76/10

    摘要: An example method carried out by an uncrewed vehicle (UV) is disclosed. The method may involve establishing a wireless cellular connection with a wireless cellular network via a wireless cellular communications interface of the UV. The wireless cellular network may be communicatively connected with one or more data servers via a data backhaul network. The example method may further involve exchanging operational data between the one or more data servers and a data storage device of the UV via the wireless cellular connection with the wireless cellular network, establishing a wireless local area network (WLAN) network connection with one or more uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) via a WLAN communications interface of the UV, and exchanging the operational data between the data storage device and at least one of the one or more UAVs over the WLAN network connection.

    Payload Receiver Apparatus for Use With a UAV

    公开(公告)号:US20240150016A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US17980513

    申请日:2022-11-03

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    IPC分类号: B64D1/22 B64C39/02

    摘要: A payload receiver apparatus including a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the extending member, wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first tether end of the channel and configured to receive a payload thereon, wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform.

    UAV Having Lower Cargo Bay Door(s)
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240140587A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US17979548

    申请日:2022-11-02

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    IPC分类号: B64C1/22 B64C39/02 B64D1/22

    摘要: A UAV having a fuselage body including a cavity that forms a cargo bay for transporting a payload, and a lower access opening providing an exit for the payload from the cargo bay, the lower access opening including a lower cargo bay door, an actuator positioned in the fuselage body, a linkage assembly connected to the actuator and connected to the lower cargo bay door, wherein the actuator and linkage assembly are operable to open and/or close the lower cargo bay door, wherein a first horn is mounted to the actuator, and wherein the linkage assembly includes a first linkage member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first linkage member pivotally attached to the first horn and the second end of the first linkage member pivotally attached to the cargo bay door.

    Backend Automation System for Simulation of Drone Deliveries through Virtual Fleets

    公开(公告)号:US20240094721A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US17932920

    申请日:2022-09-16

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    摘要: A method includes receiving configuration data for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) simulation system, the configuration data indicating at least one base location specification, at least one aircraft specification, and at least one virtual vehicle specification and determining an aircraft record comprising, for each of the at least one aircraft to be simulated, aircraft mission data associated with an aircraft identifier of the at least one aircraft to be simulated. The method further includes configuring the UAV simulation system so that each of the at least one aircraft has a corresponding base location as specified by the at least one base location specification and a corresponding vehicle software version as specified by the at least one virtual vehicle specification and executing a simulation of the at least one aircraft carrying out flying missions by using the configured UAV simulation system and updating the aircraft mission data in the aircraft record.

    Systems and methods for concurrent management of multiple unmanned aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US11908331B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17356240

    申请日:2021-06-23

    申请人: WING AVIATION LLC

    发明人: Fan Zhang

    摘要: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of managing a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is provided. A fleet management computing system receives telemetry information from a plurality of UAVs. The fleet management computing system generates a map interface having a plurality of UAV icons based on the telemetry information. The fleet management computing system receives a selection of an initial group of UAV icons via the map interface, wherein the initial group of UAV icons includes two or more UAV icons. The fleet management computing system receives a de-selection of one or more UAV icons from the initial group of UAV icons to create a final selected group of UAV icons. The fleet management computing system transmits a command to UAVs associated with the UAV icons of the final selected group of UAV icons.

    UAV with Open Cargo Bay and Method of Operation

    公开(公告)号:US20240017827A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US17865078

    申请日:2022-07-14

    申请人: Wing Aviation LLC

    IPC分类号: B64D1/10 B64C39/02 B64D1/22

    摘要: A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage including a top, a bottom, a cavity that forms a cargo bay between the top and the bottom, and a lower access opening in the bottom for lowering a payload from the cargo bay. A movable stage is coupled to the fuselage and adjustable between an upper position in which the stage is above the cargo bay and a lower position in which the stage is at the bottom of the fuselage, the stage including an opening extending through the stage. The UAV also includes a winch disposed in the fuselage and a tether coupled to the winch. The winch is configured to be secured to the payload and is movable through the opening in the stage so as to raise or lower the payload.

    Verification of unmanned aerial vehicle ADS-B receiver operability

    公开(公告)号:US11854412B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US18104994

    申请日:2023-02-02

    申请人: WING Aviation LLC

    IPC分类号: G08G5/00

    摘要: In some embodiments, techniques are provided for verifying operability of an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver included in a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which includes receiving ADS-B data representative of ADS-B messages broadcast by traffic within a reception range of the ADS-B receiver during a first period of time, estimating a traffic environment for a service area spanning, at least in part, a first operating area of the first UAV during the first period of time, determining an expected observed traffic of the first UAV during the first period of time based on the estimated traffic environment, and verifying operability of the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV based on a comparison between the expected observed traffic of the first UAV and the traffic associated with the ADS-B data received by the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV.