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公开(公告)号：WO2019210009A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-31
申请号：PCT/US2019/029005
申请日：2019-04-24
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： JENKINS, Kevin , HUFFMAN, Jacob , RENOLD, Nicolas , FITCHENER, Cameron
Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes an airframe; vertical propulsion units, and a controller. The vertical propulsion units are mounted to the airframe and include propellers oriented to provide vertical propulsion to the aerial vehicle. The vertical propulsion units are physically organized in quadrants on the airframe with each of the quadrants including two or more of the vertical propulsion units. The controller is coupled to the vertical propulsion units to control operation of the vertical propulsion units. At least two of the vertical propulsion units in each of the quadrants are adapted to counter-rotate from each other during flight of the aerial vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：WO2019126807A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-27
申请号：PCT/US2018/067390
申请日：2018-12-21
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： COCHRAN, Theran , NUBBE, Matthew , JENKINS, Kevin
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that can help an aerial transport service provider (ATSP) determine how to distribute and redistribute unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) amongst a plurality of UAV deployment stations located throughout a geographic area. In accordance with example embodiments, the ATSP system can take one or more performance metrics for item providers into account when determining how much UAV transport capacity to allocate to different item providers for a given time period. The ATSP can then determine how to distribute UAVs amongst different UAV nests in advance of and/or during the given time period, such that each item provider's allocated UAV transport capacity is available from the UAV nest or nest(s) that serve each item provider during the given time period.
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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：WO2021134053A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：PCT/US2020/067088
申请日：2020-12-27
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： JENKINS, Kevin , PRAGER, André , JONES, Brandon , FITZSIMONS, John
IPC: B64D27/24 , B64C29/00 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64C27/68 , B64C39/024 , B64D2221/00 , H01R4/56
Abstract: A method is provided that includes causing an operational member of a system to move. The method includes driving a power or control signal through a conductive coupling member. The conductive coupling member is connected between a first terminal and a second terminal in a power circuit, and the coupling member secures the operational member to a structural member of the system. The method includes detecting an electrical disconnect between the first terminal and a second terminal. The method includes determining a mechanical break associated with the coupling member based on the electrical disconnect between the first terminal and the second terminal. The method includes causing the operational member of the system to stop moving based on determining the mechanical break associated with the coupling member.
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公开(公告)号：WO2023080950A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-11
申请号：PCT/US2022/042744
申请日：2022-09-07
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： CHO, Reia , JENKINS, Kevin , JOURDAN, Damien
Abstract: A method for automated assignment of a staging pad to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: launching the UAV from a launch location; tracking a drift of the UAV from the launch location; determining a subsequent position of the UAV after the launching based upon geofiducial navigation; calculating an estimated position of the launch location by offsetting the subsequent position by the drift; attempting to match the estimated position to an available staging pad of a plurality of staging pads; and assigning the UAV to the available staging pad when the estimated position successfully matches to the available staging pad.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022126041A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-16
申请号：PCT/US2021/071671
申请日：2021-10-01
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC [US]/[US]
Inventor： JONES, Brandon , JENKINS, Kevin , JOURDAN, Damien , PRAGER, André
Abstract: A method includes determining an operational condition associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method includes, responsive to determining the operational condition, causing the UAV to perform a pre-flight check. The pre-flight check includes hovering the UAV above a takeoff location. The pre-flight check includes, while hovering the UAV, moving one or more controllable components of the UAV in accordance with a predetermined sequence of movements. The pre-flight check includes obtaining, by one or more sensors of the UAV, sensor data indicative of a flight response of the UAV to moving the one or more controllable components while hovering the UAV. The pre-flight check includes comparing the sensor data to expected sensor data associated with an expected flight response to the predetermined sequence of movements while hovering the UAV. The pre- flight check includes, based on comparing the sensor data to the expected sensor data, evaluating performance of the UAV.
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6.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2021071707A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-15
申请号：PCT/US2020/053416
申请日：2020-09-30
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： JENKINS, Kevin , JONES, Brandon
Abstract: A technique for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes monitoring a sensed airspeed of the UAV, obtaining a commanded speed for the UAV, wherein the commanded speed representing a command to fly the UAV at a given speed relative to an airmass or to Earth, and when the commanded speed is greater than the sensed airspeed, using the commanded speed in lieu of the sensed airspeed to inform flight control decisions of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号：WO2019209629A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-31
申请号：PCT/US2019/028183
申请日：2019-04-18
Applicant: WING AVIATION LLC
Inventor： JENKINS, Kevin , JOURDAN, Damien
Abstract: A technique for controlling vertical propulsion units of an aerial vehicle includes determining whether an initial thrust command output vector results in a thrust command clipping of one of the vertical propulsion units. The vertical propulsion units are physically organized into propulsion rings including an inner ring and an outer ring. Torque associated with the initial thrust command output vector is transferred from each the vertical propulsion units in the outer ring to the vertical propulsion units in the inner ring when the thrust command clipping of one of the vertical propulsion units in the outer ring occurs. A revised thrust command output vector is determined after transferring the torque. The vertical propulsion units are driven according to the revised thrust command output vector.
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