System and method for low velocity aerial supply drop
AssigneeFive Forces, SPC
InventorsJohn Thomas Irick, Jr., Hung-Chi Wang, Robert E Breidenthal, Jr., Toni Marie Carlstrom
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Abstract
A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads via an aerial vehicle, the assembly comprising a payload body configured to receive a payload; and one or more wings attached to the payload with a connector or integral to the one or more wings; wherein when the supply drop assembly is dropped from the aerial vehicle, the one or more wings start rotating thereby generating lift and slowing the rate of descent of the payload as it falls downwards to a recipient.
Claims9
A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads which falls to the ground from an aerial vehicle, comprising:
- one or more payload bodies each configured to receive a payload;
- and
- a wing attached to each corresponding payload body;
- wherein each wing has
- a distal end tip, and
- a root tip near the payload body, and the supply drop assembly has a center of gravity, and
- a spanwise axis that extends along a length of each wing between the corresponding center of gravity and the corresponding distal end tip such that the spanwise axis divides the wing into a first side of the wing and a second side of the wing,
- a leading edge is on the first side of the wing, and
- a trailing edge is on the second side of the wing;
- wherein each wing is planar and has a lobe that extends away from the spanwise axis in the plane of the wing, wherein the lobe is formed on the second side of the wing such that the second side of the wing is larger than the first side of the wing, and is positioned closer to the root tip, and the lobe is adapted to encourage autorotation when the supply drop assembly falls.
A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads which falls to the ground from an aerial vehicle, comprising:
- one or more payload bodies each configured to receive a payload;
- and
- a wing attached to each corresponding payload body;
- wherein each wing has a distal end tip, and a root tip near the payload body, and the supply drop assembly has a center of gravity, and a spanwise axis extends along a length of each wing between the corresponding center of gravity and the corresponding distal end tip such that the spanwise axis divides the wing into a first side of the wing and a second side of the wing, a leading edge is on the first side of the wing, and a trailing edge is on the second side of the wing;
- wherein each wing comprises an inflatable chamber further comprising an inlet valve configured to receive a gas to expand the chamber;
- and
- wherein each wing further comprises one or more ribs extending from the payload body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.