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1.发明公开公开(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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20220057797A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-24
申请号：US16997430
申请日：2020-08-19
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for transporting a plurality of modular containers using one or more autonomous vehicles. The system may include a housing, motorized wheels, a proximity sensor, and a control system. The housing may have a body with a floor, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the motorized wheels may be rotatably attached to the housing. The proximity sensor may identify proximity of the housing to other objects. The control system may be communicably coupled to the proximity sensor and the plurality of motorized wheels and may instruct rotatable actuation and steering of at least one of the motorized wheels based on user input, input from the proximity sensor and/or input read from a memory storage device.
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公开(公告)号：US20210198040A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US16731312
申请日：2019-12-31
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An identifier associated with one or more assets is obtained in response to a reader component reading a tag associated with one or more assets as the one or more assets traverse a conveyor apparatus. At least partially in response to the obtaining of the identifier, a storage unit of a plurality of storage units is caused to automatically rotate to a loading location to receive the one or more assets.
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公开(公告)号：US20230053511A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-23
申请号：US17981214
申请日：2022-11-04
Applicant: United Parcel Service Of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An identifier associated with one or more assets is obtained in response to a reader component reading a tag associated with one or more assets as the one or more assets traverse a conveyor apparatus. At least partially in response to the obtaining of the identifier, a storage unit of a plurality of storage units is caused to automatically rotate to a loading location to receive the one or more assets.
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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
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.
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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US11492202B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-08
申请号：US16731312
申请日：2019-12-31
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An identifier associated with one or more assets is obtained in response to a reader component reading a tag associated with one or more assets as the one or more assets traverse a conveyor apparatus. At least partially in response to the obtaining of the identifier, a storage unit of a plurality of storage units is caused to automatically rotate to a loading location to receive the one or more assets.
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公开(公告)号：US11429106B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-30
申请号：US16573650
申请日：2019-09-17
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Bala Ganesh , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: Systems, and methods of shifting objects using a vehicle and at least one drone are provided. The vehicle and drone are configured to communicate using communication components to coordinate movement of the at least one drone relative to the wheeled object. The system for shifting objects may include sensors for detecting characteristics of the environment. The system may include shifting the object to a second location based on the characteristics detected.
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公开(公告)号：US20210212494A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：US17215481
申请日：2021-03-29
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Bala Ganesh , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An elevated delivery platform having a delivery surface that can be placed at a location off the ground to better facilitate delivery of parcels by unmanned aerial vehicles, such as delivery drones, is provided. By placing the elevated delivery platform in an area above the ground, such as atop a home or a pole, a drone is more capable of making deliveries because it avoids obstacles nearer to the ground that typically make drone delivery challenging. The elevated delivery platform raises and lowers parcels to a position where they can easily be retrieved. Some systems also provide a deployable cover to protect parcels from adverse weather conditions while awaiting pickup or following delivery. The elevated delivery platform can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include a containment unit, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.
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公开(公告)号：US20200180880A1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-11
申请号：US16704967
申请日：2019-12-05
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Bala Ganesh , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An elevated delivery platform having a delivery surface that can be placed at a location off the ground to better facilitate delivery of parcels by unmanned aerial vehicles, such as delivery drones, is provided. By placing the elevated delivery platform in an area above the ground, such as atop a home or a pole, a drone is more capable of making deliveries because it avoids obstacles nearer to the ground that typically make drone delivery challenging. The elevated delivery platform raises and lowers parcels to a position where they can easily be retrieved. Some systems also provide a deployable cover to protect parcels from adverse weather conditions while awaiting pickup or following delivery. The elevated delivery platform can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include a containment unit, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.
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公开(公告)号：US11445846B2
公开(公告)日：2022-09-20
申请号：US17215481
申请日：2021-03-29
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil , Bala Ganesh , Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: An elevated delivery platform having a delivery surface that can be placed at a location off the ground to better facilitate delivery of parcels by unmanned aerial vehicles, such as delivery drones, is provided. By placing the elevated delivery platform in an area above the ground, such as atop a home or a pole, a drone is more capable of making deliveries because it avoids obstacles nearer to the ground that typically make drone delivery challenging. The elevated delivery platform raises and lowers parcels to a position where they can easily be retrieved. Some systems also provide a deployable cover to protect parcels from adverse weather conditions while awaiting pickup or following delivery. The elevated delivery platform can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include a containment unit, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.
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