DRONE DELIVERY SYSTEM HUB FOR FACILITATING PARCEL DELIVERY BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20230159192A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17532247

    申请日:2021-11-22

    IPC分类号: B64C39/02 B64D1/08 B64F1/32

    摘要: 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.

    SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR LOADING, SECURING, TRANSPORTING, AND DEPOSITING OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220348427A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17734679

    申请日:2022-05-02

    摘要: Loading, securing, transporting, and/or depositing objects as well as systems, methods, and apparatuses for the same, including those that operate in automated or semi-automated fashion, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile robotic platform is provided. The mobile robotic platform is designed to receive, transport, and deposit objects at desired destinations. In another embodiment, a flat transport surface, e.g., a pallet, is provided. The flat transport surface is designed to facilitate efficient loading, transport, and deposit of objects, e.g., between automated or semi-automated handling systems, in one aspect. In another embodiment, a system for handling objects is provided. The system is designed to support automated or semi-automated loading and/or unloading of objects, e.g., onto or from a mobile robotic platform, and may be implemented in a vehicle, in one aspect.

    ITEM STORAGE UNIT FOR STORING ONE OR MORE ITEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20220204233A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17136127

    申请日:2020-12-29

    发明人: Julio Gil

    IPC分类号: B65D75/32 B65D75/00

    摘要: In some aspects, an item storage unit for storing one or more items includes the following components. A first frame component and a first stretch member coupled to at least a first surface of the first frame component. The first stretch member being more flexible relative to the first frame component. The one or more items are configured to be supported by at least the first stretch member and the first frame component.