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US 12,559,254 B2Granted
Commodities airlifting system and method of airlifting commodities
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiko Hashimoto
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Abstract
A commodities airlifting system includes a self-propellable robot, an aircraft which carries commodities and the robot, and a lowering/loading apparatus which at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering. The robot which got off on the ground from the aircraft again gets on an aircraft.
Claims20
A commodities airlifting system, comprising:
- a self-propellable robot;
- an aircraft that carries commodities and the robot;
- and
- a lowering/loading apparatus that at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering,
- wherein the robot that got off on the ground from the aircraft again gets on an aircraft, and
- wherein the robot comprises a winch, a suction part and a hook, the suction part positioned to reach a hooked part disposed around an opening of the aircraft and configured to engage the hook with the hooked part, the winch configured to pass the robot through the opening and the suction part configured to release the hook from the hooked part, thereby allowing the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft by itself.
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A method of airlifting commodities, comprising the steps of:
- using a self-propellable robot, an aircraft that carries the commodities and the robot, and a lowering/loading apparatus that at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft, and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering, wherein the robot comprises a winch, a suction part and a hook, the suction part positioned to reach a hooked part disposed around an opening of the aircraft, the robot getting off on the ground by itself by the suction part engaging the hook with the hooked part, the winch passing the robot through the opening and the suction part then releasing the hook from the hooked part;
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- again getting on an aircraft the robot that got off on the ground from the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.