公开(公告)号：USD852092S1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US29621957

申请日：2017-10-12

Applicant: X Development LLC

Designer： Adam Woodworth ,  Adem Rudin ,  Stephen Benson ,  James Schmalzried ,  Kyle Liske ,  Jesse Blake ,  André Prager ,  Nicolas Renold ,  Evan Twyford ,  Clark Sopper

公开(公告)号：US20190100314A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US15853664

申请日：2017-12-22

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Andre Prager ,  Trevor Shannon ,  Evan Twyford ,  Alexander Miller

IPC: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B66D1/60 ,  B66D1/40

Abstract: A payload coupling apparatus is provided that includes a housing. The housing is adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether. The apparatus further includes a slot extending downwardly from an outer surface of the housing towards a center of the housing thereby forming a lower lip on the housing beneath the slot. The slot is adapted to receive a handle of a payload. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect touchdown of the payload and a transmitter configured to send a touchdown confirmation signal to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a touchdown detection by the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20190023133A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US15654644

申请日：2017-07-19

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Nick Renold ,  Matthew Nubbe ,  Jim Schmalzried ,  Jesse Blake ,  Scott Velez ,  Dustin Sanders ,  Stephen Benson ,  Evan Twyford

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/02 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: An example embodiment includes a landing pad having a housing and a power terminal configured to draw electric power from a power source. The landing pad further includes an electrically conductive landing terminal dorsal to the housing and configured such that, during a landing state of an aerial vehicle, the landing terminal makes contact with a plurality of electric contacts disposed ventrally to a fuselage of the aerial vehicle. The landing terminal is configured to transfer electric power drawn by the power terminal to the aerial vehicle via the electric contacts during the landing state of the aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20190106192A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US15730420

申请日：2017-10-11

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Adam Woodworth ,  Adem Rudin ,  Stephen Benson ,  James Schmalzried ,  Kyle Liske ,  Jesse Blake ,  André Prager ,  Nicolas Renold ,  Evan Twyford

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C29/00

Abstract: A modular fuselage for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a battery module, an avionics module, and a mission payload module. The battery module houses a battery to power the UAV. The avionics module houses flight control circuitry of the UAV. The mission payload module houses equipment associated with a mission of the UAV. The battery module, the avionics module, and the mission payload module are detachable from each other and mechanically securable to each other to contiguously form at least a portion of the modular fuselage of the UAV.