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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jesse Blake, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andre Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Evan Twyford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ivan Qiu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jasper Lewin, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/1415 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a fuselage body having a cavity that forms a cargo bay for transporting a payload, and a lower access opening for lowering the payload from the cargo bay, the lower access opening including a cargo bay door; a winch system positioned in the cargo bay configured to suspend a payload within the cargo bay; and a cargo bay door monitor which is configured to detect when the payload is applying a weight to the cargo bay door.