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公开(公告)号:US11167848B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-09
申请号:US15933928
申请日:2018-03-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Michael James Duffy , Matthew S. Stauffer , Justin Fowler Rogers
Abstract: System and method for loading cargo onto an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). One embodiment is a cargo pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The cargo pod includes a hollow body that forms a section of a fuselage of the UAV, and further includes a latching mechanism that releasably secures the hollow body with the fuselage of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号:US20190291626A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-26
申请号:US15933928
申请日:2018-03-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Michael James Duffy , Matthew S. Stauffer , Justin Fowler Rogers
Abstract: System and method for loading cargo onto an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). One embodiment is a cargo pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The cargo pod includes a hollow body that forms a section of a fuselage of the UAV, and further includes a latching mechanism that releasably secures the hollow body with the fuselage of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号:US11858637B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-02
申请号:US16784906
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Joshua B. Jarvis , Roger W. Lacy , Brian Charles Gray , David H. Mason , Douglas Mikita , Justin Fowler Rogers , Brandon Brown , Eric Hathaway , Eric J. Schulze , Corey Seidel
CPC classification number: B64D1/22 , B64C39/024 , B64D1/12 , B64U10/13 , B64U30/20 , B64U2101/60
Abstract: Example methods and systems for coupling and controlling transport of cargo using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided, comprising coupling at least one electronically-controllable attachment device positioned on an underside of the UAV to a sling cable, the sling cable being secured to the cargo. The UAV flies to a predetermined area above the cargo, and responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned within the predetermined area, the UAV elevates above the initial operating height to lift the cargo and navigates to a target location.
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公开(公告)号:US11746579B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17716188
申请日:2022-04-08
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Nicholas Muha , Justin Fowler Rogers
CPC classification number: E05D1/04 , E05D11/02 , E05Y2900/132 , E05Y2900/531
Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first hinge member having an arcuate guide slot extending around a first opening and an overall thickness equal to or greater than a radial width of the arcuate guide slot, and a second hinge member having first and second clevis portions with a second opening formed through each of the clevis portions. Fastening member holes are defined in one or both clevis portions and arrayed in a first arcuate array around one or both of the second openings with a radius corresponding to the arcuate guide slot radius. The first hinge member is inserted between the clevis portions with the first and second openings aligned with each other. Fastening members extend into or through the fastening member holes and are slidably received in the arcuate guide slot so as to enable relative rotation between the hinge members about an axis passing through the first and second openings.
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公开(公告)号:US11459103B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US16784908
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Joshua B. Jarvis , Roger W. Lacy , Brian Charles Gray , David H. Mason , Douglas Mikita , Justin Fowler Rogers , Brandon Brown , Eric Hathaway , Eric J. Schulze , Corey Seidel
Abstract: Example methods and systems for coupling and controlling transport of cargo using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided, comprising coupling at least one electronically-controllable attachment device positioned on an underside of the UAV to a sling cable, the sling cable being secured to the cargo. The UAV flies to a predetermined area above the cargo, and responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned within the predetermined area, the UAV elevates above the initial operating height to lift the cargo and navigates to a target location.
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公开(公告)号:US20210245882A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-12
申请号:US16784908
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Joshua B. Jarvis , Roger W. Lacy , Brian Charles Gray , David H. Mason , Douglas Mikita , Justin Fowler Rogers , Brandon Brown , Eric Hathaway , Eric J. Schulze , Corey Seidel
Abstract: Example methods and systems for coupling and controlling transport of cargo using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided, comprising coupling at least one electronically-controllable attachment device positioned on an underside of the UAV to a sling cable, the sling cable being secured to the cargo. The UAV flies to a predetermined area above the cargo, and responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned within the predetermined area, the UAV elevates above the initial operating height to lift the cargo and navigates to a target location.
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公开(公告)号:US20210245881A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-12
申请号:US16784906
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Joshua B. Jarvis , Roger W. Lacy , Brian Charles Gray , David H. Mason , Douglas Mikita , Justin Fowler Rogers , Brandon Brown , Eric Hathaway , Eric J. Schulze , Corey Seidel
Abstract: Example methods and systems for coupling and controlling transport of cargo using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided, comprising coupling at least one electronically-controllable attachment device positioned on an underside of the UAV to a sling cable, the sling cable being secured to the cargo. The UAV flies to a predetermined area above the cargo, and responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned within the predetermined area, the UAV elevates above the initial operating height to lift the cargo and navigates to a target location.
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