Payload delivery device
AssigneeThor Industries Ltd
InventorsLee Thornhill, Alistair Wragg, Fergus Duncan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a payload delivery device. The payload delivery device is configured for delivering an explosive component. The payload delivery device comprises a first module having an interior cavity for containing an explosive component. The payload delivery device further comprises at least one attachment module connected to the central module via a connection means. The at least one attachment module having an interior cavity for containing an additional component.
Claims15
A payload delivery device for delivering an explosive component, the payload delivery device comprising:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, the explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a first sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a second sensor configured to sense a second parameter, different to the environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter and to store a stored second parameter;
- and
- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and to compare the sensed second parameter to the stored second parameter and, on the basis of the comparisons, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component.
A kit of parts comprising parts operable to be assembled into a payload delivery device comprising:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, an explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a first sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a second sensor configured to sense a second parameter, different to the environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter and to store a stored second parameter;
- and
- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and to compare the sensed second parameter to the stored second parameter and, on the basis of the comparisons, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component.
A method for manufacturing a payload delivery device, the method comprising:
- producing parts of the payload delivery device including:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, an explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a first sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a second sensor configured to sense a second parameter, different to the environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter and to store a stored second parameter;
- and
- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and to compare the sensed second parameter to the stored second parameter and, on the basis of the comparisons, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component,
- wherein three-dimensional (3D) printing is used to form at least one of the first module or the attachment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.