公开(公告)号：US20190300157A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16366284

申请日：2019-03-27

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： John J. O'BRIEN ,  Samantha M. MANGOSING ,  Trey BISHOP ,  Todd MATTINGLY

IPC分类号： B64C15/12 ,  B64D27/20 ,  B64C39/02

摘要： A propeller-less unmanned aerial vehicle having a body having a plurality of channels, an inlet formed in the body and configured to allow air flow to enter the plurality of channels from an exterior of the body, an anechoic chamber formed in the body and coupled to the plurality of channels, a rotor comprising a plurality of angled fins located in the anechoic chamber, a control system configured to direct air flow within the plurality of channels, and one or more circular tubes coupled to the exterior of the body and in communication with the plurality of channels. The air flows into the body through the inlet, into the plurality of channels and the anechoic chamber, and exits through the one or more circular tubes to provide lift and directional control to the propeller-less unmanned aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20190207272A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16226334

申请日：2018-12-19

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： John J. O'BRIEN ,  Samantha M. MANGOSING ,  Brian MCHALE ,  David WINKLE

IPC分类号： H01M10/44 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/6556

CPC分类号： H01M10/443 ,  H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/6556 ,  H02J7/0021 ,  H02J7/0045 ,  H02J7/007

摘要： A battery charging system includes an enclosure unit having one or more chambers therein. Each of the chambers houses one or more batteries to be charged, and includes a modular connection that connects to charging ports of the batteries. The system also includes a cooling unit configured to cool down the batteries to a preferred charging temperature range, a display unit configured to display information on charging status of the batteries, and a control unit configured to automatically control charging of the batteries. The control unit is in communication with the display unit to provide the information on the charging status.

公开(公告)号：US20190235527A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16264287

申请日：2019-01-31

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： John J. O'BRIEN ,  Donald R. HIGH ,  Brian MCHALE ,  Justin SCHUHARDT ,  Robert CANTRELL ,  Samantha M. MANGOSING

IPC分类号： G05D1/08 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B64C17/04 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC分类号： G05D1/0816 ,  B64C17/04 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64D9/003 ,  G05D1/0204

摘要： An assembly for reducing a pendulum effect of a package suspended from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The assembly includes a curved rail having a first rail connection and a second rail connection, the first rail connection and the second rail connection rotationally coupling the curved rail to a body of the UAV. The assembly includes a trolley assembly moveably coupled to the curved rail, the trolley assembly comprising a housing having a first trolley with four wheels and a second trolley with four wheels. The assembly includes a tether coupled to the housing of the trolley assembly, the tether configured to couple to the package. The assembly allows movement of the package in three-axes with respect to the UAV.

公开(公告)号：US20190233105A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16264154

申请日：2019-01-31

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： John J. O'BRIEN ,  Donald R. HIGH ,  Brian MCHALE ,  Samantha M. MANGOSING ,  Justin SCHUHARDT ,  Robert CANTRELL

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC分类号： B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  G06Q10/083

摘要： System and methods for managing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. The system can include an unmanned aerial vehicle, a landing station for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a loading station for receiving a package and unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to: (i) determine a first confidence level for landing on the landing station, (ii) travel, based on the first confidence level, to the landing station, and (iii) determine a second confidence level for delivering the package to a delivery destination. The loading station can be configured to: (i) receive the second confidence level to deliver the package to the delivery destination from the unmanned aerial vehicle, and (ii) confirm, based on the second confidence level, the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of delivering the package to the delivery destination.

公开(公告)号：US20190205830A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16224271

申请日：2018-12-18

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： John J. O'BRIEN ,  Donald R. HIGH ,  Brian MCHALE ,  David WINKLE ,  Samantha M. MANGOSING ,  Robert CANTRELL

IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  H04L9/06

CPC分类号： G06Q10/0835 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G06Q10/0836 ,  H04L9/0643 ,  H04L2209/38

摘要： Systems and methods for a kiosk station to autonomously accept or decline a package delivery from an autonomous vehicle based on a confidence level is provided. An example system includes the kiosk station configured to: determine its capabilities for accepting the package delivery; convert the capabilities into a binary format; and transmit the binary format to a cloud-based database management unit. The example system also include the autonomous vehicle configured to: generate a deliver task request for the package delivery to be sent to the kiosk station; convert the delivery task request to a binary format; and transmit the binary format to the cloud-based database management unit. The example system further include the cloud-based database management unit configured to: compare the binary format of the kiosk station's capabilities with the binary format of the delivery task request; and generate the confidence level based on the comparison.