Delivery container for drone
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Shibayama, Kishin Hirajima, Yugo Nagase, Misa Kuwahara
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A delivery container for a drone includes: an outer container (2) which is formed of an elastic material and is watertight and has a load opening (3) that opens and closes which is provided with a water stop portion (3a) to be watertight; and a cushioning portion (5) formed of an elastic material having an air chamber (6) and which is interposed between a load (B) stored inside the outer container (2) and the outer container (2) to hold the load (B) within a predetermined range inside the outer container (2). The delivery container can prevent a load to be delivered from getting damaged or wet and can easily and more reliably protect the load is provided.
Claims12
A delivery container for a drone, comprising:
- an outer container held by a drone;
- and
- a cushioning portion stored inside the outer container,
- the outer container being formed of an elastic material and being watertight, and a load opening of the outer container that opens and closes being designed to be watertight, and
- the cushioning portion being interposed between a load stored inside the outer container and the outer container to hold the load within a predetermined range inside the outer container, wherein
- the outer container elastic material is at least one of a vulcanized rubber, a soft resin and an elastomer,
- a cylindrical wall of the outer container is a separate body from an outer wall of the cushioning portion and the cylindrical wall is solid being non-hollow, and
- the cushioning portion is configured to be deformed due to the load disposed inside of the cushioning portion, and a predetermined shape of the outer container is maintained by the outer container being strained due to the outer wall of the cushioning portion pressing against an inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the outer container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.