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    Anticipatory Dispatch of UAVs to Pre-staging Locations
    1.
    发明申请
    Anticipatory Dispatch of UAVs to Pre-staging Locations 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220137646A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

    申请号：US17647808

    申请日：2022-01-12

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Jesse Blake ,  James Schmalzried ,  Scott Velez ,  Andre Prager ,  Eric Teller ,  Matthew Nubbe

    IPC分类号： G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/08

    摘要： An example method involves determining an expected demand level for a first type of a plurality of types of transport tasks for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the first type of transport tasks associated with a first payload type. Each of the UAVs is physically reconfigurable between at least a first and a second configuration corresponding to the first payload type and a second payload type, respectively. The method also involves determining based on the expected demand level for the first type of transport tasks, (i) a first number of UAVs having the first configuration and (ii) a second number of UAVs having the second configuration. The method further involves, at or near a time corresponding to the expected demand level, providing one or more UAVs to perform the transport tasks, including at least the first number of UAVs.

    Methods and systems for raising and lowering a payload
    2.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for raising and lowering a payload 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10919628B2

    公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

    申请号：US16256524

    申请日：2019-01-24

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Trevor Shannon ,  Andre Prager

    IPC分类号： B64D1/22 ,  B64D1/12 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B66D1/12 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B66D1/60

    摘要： Described herein are methods and systems for picking up, transporting, and lowering a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the winch system may include a motor for winding and unwinding the tether from a spool, and the UAV's control system may operate the motor to lower the tether toward the ground so a payload may be attached to the tether. The control system may monitor an electric current supplied to the motor to determine whether the payload has been attached to the tether. In another example, when lowering a payload, the control system may monitor the motor current to determine that the payload has reached the ground and responsively operate the motor to detach the payload from the tether. The control system may then monitor the motor current to determine whether the payload has detached from the tether.

    Active position control of tethered hook
    3.
    发明授权
    Active position control of tethered hook 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10689113B2

    公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

    申请号：US15851654

    申请日：2017-12-21

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Andre Prager ,  Trevor Shannon ,  Adam Woodworth

    IPC分类号： B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B66C1/42 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B66D1/12

    摘要： An example system includes an aerial vehicle, a sensor, and a winch system. The winch system includes a tether disposed on a spool, a motor operable to apply a torque to the tether, and a payload coupling apparatus coupled to the tether and configured to mechanically couple to a payload. The system also includes a repositioning apparatus configured to reposition the payload coupling apparatus in at least a horizontal direction. A control system is configured to control the aerial vehicle to deploy the payload coupling apparatus by unwinding the tether from the spool; receive, while the aerial vehicle hovers above the payload and from the sensor, data indicative of a position of the payload coupling apparatus in relation to the payload; and reposition, using the repositioning apparatus and based on the data, the payload coupling apparatus in the horizontal direction to mechanically couple to the payload.

    Package loading mechanism
    4.
    发明授权
    Package loading mechanism 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10577105B2

    公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

    申请号：US15899214

    申请日：2018-02-19

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Andre Prager

    IPC分类号： B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02

    摘要： A payload retrieval apparatus including an extending member having an upper end and a lower end, a channel having a first end and a second end, the channel coupled to the extending member, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the first end of the channel section, and a payload holder positioned near the second end of the channel and is adapted to secure a payload.

    Perforated Capsule Hook for Stable High Speed Retract
    5.
    发明申请
    Perforated Capsule Hook for Stable High Speed Retract 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20190322495A1

    公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

    申请号：US15958552

    申请日：2018-04-20

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Andre Prager

    IPC分类号： B66C1/22 ,  B64D1/22

    摘要： A payload coupling apparatus is provided that includes a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a side wall positioned between the upper and lower portions, an attachment point on the housing adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether, a slot in the housing that extends downwardly towards a center of the housing thereby forming a hook or lip on the lower portion of the housing beneath the slot, a plurality of holes in the upper portion of the housing; and a plurality of holes in the lower portion of the housing. A method of retracting a payload coupling apparatus during UAV flight is also provided.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DAMPING OSCILLATIONS OF A PAYLOAD
    8.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DAMPING OSCILLATIONS OF A PAYLOAD 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220135211A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

    申请号：US17577997

    申请日：2022-01-18

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Andre Prager ,  Trevor Shannon

    IPC分类号： B64C19/00 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B66D1/48 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B66D1/12 ,  B66D1/60 ,  G05D1/02

    摘要： Described herein are methods and systems to dampen oscillations of a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the UAV's control system may dampen the oscillations by causing the UAV to switch to a forward flight mode in which movement of the UAV results in drag on the payload, thereby damping the oscillations. In another example, the control system may cause the UAV to reduce an extent flight stabilization along at least one dimension, thereby resulting in damping of the detected oscillations due to energy dissipation during movement of the UAV along the dimension. In this way, the control system could select and carry out one or more such techniques, and could do so during retraction and/or deployment of the tether.

    Perforated Capsule Hook for Stable High Speed Retract
    9.
    发明申请
    Perforated Capsule Hook for Stable High Speed Retract 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20210238014A1

    公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

    申请号：US17213738

    申请日：2021-03-26

    申请人： Wing Aviation LLC

    发明人： Andre Prager

    IPC分类号： B66C1/22 ,  B64D1/22

    摘要： A payload coupling apparatus is provided that includes a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a side wall positioned between the upper and lower portions, an attachment point on the housing adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether, a slot in the housing that extends downwardly towards a center of the housing thereby forming a hook or lip on the lower portion of the housing beneath the slot, a plurality of holes in the upper portion of the housing; and a plurality of holes in the lower portion of the housing. A method of retracting a payload coupling apparatus during UAV flight is also provided.