Material handling solutions for drones

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 a dynamic support surface for supporting the article and allowing the article to move into, out of an...

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Main Authors Schexnaydre, Zachary R, Hill, Preston, Fourney, Matthew L, Stephens, Sean Edward, Pressler, Eric M, Costanzo, Mark, Myers, David Herbert, Hicks, Timothy J, Zha, Jiaming
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.10.2022
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CONVEYING
COSMONAUTICS
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES
ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HELICOPTERS
MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES
PACKING
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary: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 a dynamic 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.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017077023