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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Duffy, Lansing, NY (US);
Matthew S. Stauffer, Summerville, SC (US);
Justin Fowler Rogers, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B60P 7/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/64 (2006.01); B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B65D 88/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/003 (2013.01); B60P 1/649 (2013.01); B60P 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B60P 1/6481 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B65D 88/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for loading cargo onto an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). One embodiment is a cargo pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The cargo pod includes a hollow body that forms a section of a fuselage of the UAV, and further includes a latching mechanism that releasably secures the hollow body with the fuselage of the UAV.