# US 10,370,081 B2 · UAV mounting system

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- Number: US 10,370,081 B2
- Document ID: US10370081B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/273,773
- Filed: 2016-09-23
- Published: 2017-03-23
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-23
- Applicants: Matthew Stock
- Inventors: Matthew Stock
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370081B2

## CPC

- B64C 1/22: Other structures integral with fuselages to facilitate loading {, e.g. cargo bays, cranes}
- B64D 9/00: Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like
- B64U 10/10: Rotorcrafts
- B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography
- Y02T 50/40: Weight reduction
- B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A payload system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), including a plurality of payload modules configured to attach to an underside of the UAV, wherein each payload module defines a curved surface having a plurality of mounting holes therethrough, and wherein the plurality of payload modules is interconnected to form a substantially continuous mounting surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload system, comprising:
a plurality of vertically-oriented payload modules configured to attach to the UAV, each payload module defining a curved surface having a plurality of hexagonally-shaped mounting holes therethrough;
a plurality of connectors interconnecting the plurality of payload modules, wherein each connector defines one or more hexagonally-shaped protrusions matable with the mounting holes; and
at least one of a video device, photography device, sensor, and instrument mounted to the payload modules.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of payload modules is sufficiently rigid to support a weight of the UAV when landing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein the interconnected payload modules define a substantially continuous mounting surface around at least a portion of the UAV.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of payload modules defines a basket configured to carry one or more instruments therein.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of connectors includes four protrusions.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of mounting holes of each payload module is configured in an elongated configuration having three holes across a width and nine holes along a length of the payload module.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of payload modules is constructed from a buoyant material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The payload system of claim 1, further comprising one or more lighting elements attached to at least one of the payload modules.

### Claim 9 (depends on 3)

The payload system of claim 3, wherein the substantially continuous mounting surface defines a circumference between 180 degrees and 300 degrees.