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Patent No.:

US 11840333 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2019

Package delivery mechanism

Applicant:

Flirtey Holdings, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Sweeny, Reno, NV (US);

Jess Hayden, Reno, NV (US);

Joseph Rinaldi, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

Flirtey Holdings, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:

EIP US LLP

Primary Examiner:

Benjamin P Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 17/38 (2006.01); B26F 3/12 (2006.01); F16B 21/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B26D 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64D 1/10 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01); B26F 3/12 (2013.01); B64D 17/38 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); F16B 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a package delivery mechanism for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The package delivery mechanism includes a gravity activated locking mechanism to lock and unlock a package attached to the UAV based on the weight of the package. When the package is attached to suspension means of the UAV that lowers the package to the ground from the UAV, the locking mechanism automatically engages with the package and keeps the package locked to the suspension means, due to the weight of the package. When the package is lowered and reaches on the ground, the weight of the package is offloaded from the suspension means, which enables the locking mechanism to be disengaged, thereby releasing the package. The package delivery mechanism includes a severing module to sever the suspension means from the UAV.

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