公开(公告)号：US20240270538A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18166855

申请日：2023-02-09

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio GIL ,  Julian BELL ,  Jared NAUERT

IPC: A47G29/14 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64U70/90

CPC classification number: A47G29/141 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64U70/90 ,  A47G2029/144 ,  A47G2029/149 ,  B64U2101/64

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a rooftop platform to facilitate a delivery of a parcel by an aerial vehicle. The rooftop platform may comprise an elevator apparatus at least partially accessible via the rooftop platform. The rooftop platform may also comprise a rotatable turntable mounted to the rooftop platform. The rotatable turntable can be rotated to position the parcel on the elevator apparatus. The rotatable turntable may have tracks for receiving track wheels of a parcel containment unit. In some embodiments, the parcel may be positioned on the elevator apparatus at a top surface of a lift cabin of the elevator apparatus. The rooftop platform may also comprise a landing area for the aerial vehicle to deliver or receive the parcel containment unit via the rotatable turntable.

公开(公告)号：US20220315246A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17711733

申请日：2022-04-01

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio GIL ,  Julian BELL ,  Jared NAUERT

IPC: B64F1/32 ,  B65G51/26

Abstract: A pneumatic delivery system is used to facilitate delivery of canisters comprising delivery payloads by unmanned systems, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The pneumatic delivery system comprises a tube having a channel within a tube wall, where a canister is configured to move through the tube. The tube comprises a tube opening and a transfer mechanism proximate the tube opening. The transfer mechanism engages a canister having a payload that is moved within the tube. The transfer mechanism moves the canister through the tube opening by extending from a first transfer position to a second transfer position. At the second transfer position, the transfer mechanism orients the tube and releases it to a UAV for delivery.

公开(公告)号：US20240405338A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18799857

申请日：2024-08-09

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio GIL ,  Julian BELL ,  Jared NAUERT

IPC: H01M50/249 ,  B64C25/34 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/39 ,  B64U60/00 ,  B64U101/64 ,  B65G51/26 ,  F15B15/20

Abstract: A pneumatic delivery system is used to facilitate delivery of canisters comprising delivery payloads by unmanned systems, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The pneumatic delivery system comprises a tube having a channel within a tube wall, where a canister is configured to move through the tube. The tube comprises a tube opening and a transfer mechanism proximate the tube opening. The transfer mechanism engages a canister having a payload that is moved within the tube. The transfer mechanism moves the canister through the tube opening by extending from a first transfer position to a second transfer position. At the second transfer position, the transfer mechanism orients the tube and releases it to a UAV for delivery.