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US 10,882,613 B2Granted
Unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted apparatus
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsNityanand Sharma, Girish Nair
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Abstract
A device can include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) frame physically connected to a UAV, two or more support arms connected to and extending from the frame, a first servomotor coupled to a first support arm and providing rotatable movement of the first support arm in a first plane; a second servomotor coupled to a second support arm and providing rotatable movement of the second support arm in a second plane, a second frame connected to the support arms, and an end effector connected to the second frame.
Claims20
A device, the device comprising:
- a first frame for physically connecting to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- three or more support arms connected to and extending from the first frame;
- a first servomotor coupled to a first end of a first support arm of the three or more support arms,
- the first servomotor providing rotatable movement of the first support arm in a first plane, and
- the first servomotor being coupled to the first end of the first support arm using a first yoke;
- a second servomotor coupled to a first end of a second support arm of the three or more support arms,
- the second servomotor providing rotatable movement of the second support arm in a second plane that is different from the first plane, and
- the second servomotor being coupled to the first end of the second support arm using a second yoke;
- a second frame connected to the three or more support arms,
- the second frame being connected to a second end of the first support arm and a second end of the second support arm;
- and
- an end effector connected to the second frame.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- a first frame physically connected to the UAV;
- two or more support arms connected to and extending from the first frame;
- a first servomotor coupled to a first end of a first support arm of the two or more support arms,
- the first servomotor providing rotatable movement of the first support arm in a first plane;
- a second servomotor coupled to a first end of a second support arm of the two or more support arms,
- the second servomotor providing rotatable movement of the second support arm in a second plane that is different from the first plane;
- a second frame connected to the two or more support arms,
- the second frame being connected to a second end of the first support arm and a second end of the second support arm, and
- the second frame having:
- a first degree of freedom provided by the first servomotor,
- the first degree of freedom being horizontal translation;
- and
- a second degree of freedom provided by the second servomotor,
- the second degree of freedom being vertical translation;
- and
- an end effector connected to the second frame.
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An apparatus mounted to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a first frame physically connected to the UAV,
- where the first frame defines a housing for one or more pieces of equipment;
- two or more support arms connected to and extending from the first frame;
- a first servomotor coupled to a first end of a first support arm of the two or more support arms, the first servomotor providing rotatable movement of the first support arm in a first plane;
- a second servomotor coupled to a first end of a second support arm of the two or more support arms, the second servomotor providing rotatable movement of the second support arm in a second plane that is different from the first plane;
- a second frame connected to the two or more support arms, the second frame being connected to a second end of the first support arm and a second end of the second support arm;
- an end effector connected to the second frame;
- and
- an end effector motor to interact with the end effector, the end effector motor being included in the housing and physically connected to the end effector.
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