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Patent No.:

US 12330808 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2023

Modular unmanned aerial vehicle system for adaptable parcel delivery

Applicant:

United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

Julio Gil, Veldhoven, NL;

Assignee:

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Brady W Frazier

Assistant Examiner:

Shanna Danielle Glover

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 20/40 (2023.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/291 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/26 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/36 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/40 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/291 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/26 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/36 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

A modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprises a body module, a rotor module, and a wing module. The body module includes a flight controller and a power distribution device. The body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module or the wing module, and the body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module. The rotor module includes one or more motors and electronic speed controllers (ESCs), while the wing module includes a wing having a flap, elevator, aileron, or rudder. Various UAV configurations can be formed from the body module, the rotor module, and the wing module. Each configuration includes different advantages for flight time, distance, battery life, and payload capacity. A UAV can be configured to a particular configuration to optimize parcel delivery.

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