Material handling solutions for drones

• Main Authors: SCHEXNAYDRE ZACHARY R, ZHA JIAMING, COSTANZO MARK, STEPHENS SEAN EDWARD, HICKS TIMOTHY J, MYERS DAVID HERBERT, FOURNEY MATTHEW L, PRESSLER ERIC M, HILL PRESTON
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 17.04.2018
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONVEYING; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HELICOPTERS; PACKING; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A drone comprises at least one propeller for generating lift and an article containment area for containing an article to be carried by the drone. The floor of the article containment area comprises adynamic support surface for supporting the article and allowing the article to move into, out of and through the article containment area. The dynamic support surface may be a conveyor belt forming the floor of the article containment area. 无人机包括至少个用于产生升力的螺旋桨和用于容纳无人机携带物品的物品容纳区域。物品容纳区域的底板包括用于支撑物品并允许物品进出物品容纳区域并通过物品容纳区域的动态支撑表面。该动态支撑表面可以是形成物品容纳区域的底板的传送带。