Payload receiver apparatus with payload platform and tether engager for use with a UAV
AssigneeWing Aviation LLC
InventorsAndré Prager, Ivan Qiu
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Abstract
A payload receiver apparatus including a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the extending member, wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first tether end of the channel and configured to receive a payload thereon, wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform.
Claims18
A payload receiver apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV);
- an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base;
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- a first tether engager including a first end attached to the extending member, wherein the first tether engager extends in a first direction from the extending member;
- wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first end of the tether engager and configured to receive a payload thereon;
- wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform;
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- wherein a lower end of the extending member is mounted to the base.
A payload receiver apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV);
- an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base;
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- a first tether engager including a first end attached to the extending member, wherein the first tether engager extends in a first direction from the extending member;
- wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first end of the tether engager and configured to receive a payload thereon,
- wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform, and
- wherein the payload platform is attached to the extending member.
A payload receiver apparatus comprising:
- a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV);
- an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base;
- a first tether engager including a first end attached to the extending member, wherein the first tether engager extends in a first direction from the extending member, wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform, wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first end of the tether engager and configured to receive a payload thereon;
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- a bar attached to the extending member above the payload platform to control fore and aft movement of the tether when the payload is lowered to the payload platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.