Payload release apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeFlytrex Aviation Ltd.
InventorsRotem Izchak Levy, Nadav Meir, Aviram Klaiman, Tomer Gilad
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Abstract
A payload release apparatus (PRA) is configured to expel payload efficiently at a delivery location. In an embodiment, the PRA includes a top portion, the top portion including a connector adapted to connect to a first end of a tether; a hook portion connected to the top portion, the hook portion including: a shank, a vertex, a high point, and a gap defined between the high point and the shank; and an elastic member, the elastic member blocking the gap defined between the high point and the shank of the hook portion, the elastic member having a relaxed position and a stretched position.
Claims9
A payload release apparatus (PRA), comprising:
- a top portion, the top portion including a connector adapted to connect to a first end of a tether;
- a hook portion connected to the top portion, the hook portion including:
- a shank, a vertex, a high point, and a gap defined between the high point and the shank;
- an elastic member, the elastic member blocking the gap defined between the high point and the shank of the hook portion, the elastic member having a relaxed position and a stretched position;
- a first anchor placed at the top portion;
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- a second anchor placed on the high point, wherein the elastic member is connected to the first anchor and to the second anchor.
A payload release apparatus (PRA), comprising:
- a top portion, the top portion including a connector adapted to connect to a first end of a tether;
- a hook portion connected to the top portion, the hook portion including:
- a shank, a vertex, a high point, and a gap defined between the high point and the shank;
- an elastic member, the elastic member blocking the gap defined between the high point and the shank of the hook portion, the elastic member having a relaxed position and a stretched position;
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- a stopper connected to the tether, wherein the stopper is further connected to the connector, wherein the connector includes a chamber, the chamber having a cross section which is equal to a cross section of the stopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.