Quadcopter with a printable payload extension system and method

A method and system of printable payload extensions of a quadcopter are disclosed. In one aspect, a quadcopter includes an airframe and a central portion of the airframe having at least one of an upper extender mechanism and a lower extender mechanism. The central portion enables users of the quadco...

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Main Authors Pho Vinh, Colin Youenn, Patron Anthony, Bertrand Blaise
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.10.2016
Subjects
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AMUSEMENTS
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
GAMES
HELICOPTERS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SPORTS
TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method and system of printable payload extensions of a quadcopter are disclosed. In one aspect, a quadcopter includes an airframe and a central portion of the airframe having at least one of an upper extender mechanism and a lower extender mechanism. The central portion enables users of the quadcopter to design payload extensions that mechanically couple with the quadcopter using a three-dimensional (3D) printing device as long as the payload extensions have a weight less than a maximum payload capacity of the quadcopter. The quadcopter couples with at a set of payload extensions including a hook assembly, an interlocking building block platform assembly, a DSLR camera assembly, a HD camera assembly, and/or a container assembly through the central portion of the airframe.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414258044