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Patent No.:

US 12351312 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2023

Payload coupling apparatus for uav and method of delivering a payload

Applicant:

Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

André Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Trevor Shannon, Mountain View, CA (US);

Zhefei Li, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kyle Liske, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Primary Examiner:

Assres H Woldemaryam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); B64U 50/38 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); B64U 50/38 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/67 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle system including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); a tether having a first end positioned in a winch system of the UAV and a second end secured to a payload coupling apparatus; a payload coupling apparatus receptacle positioned in the UAV; a payload having a handle, wherein the handle of the payload is positioned within a slot in the payload coupling apparatus; wherein the UAV has a recessed restraint slot for receiving a top portion of the payload.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Prager, André. (2025). Payload coupling apparatus for uav and method of delivering a payload (U.S. Patent No. 12351312). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12351312

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