Unmanned supply delivery aircraft
AssigneeW.Morrison Consulting Group, Inc.
InventorWilliam M. YATES
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Abstract
A heavy payload, autonomous UAV able to deliver supply by way of airdrop with more precision and at a lower cost. The UAV can be equipped with a movable wing system. The UAV can include a removable storage box. The UAV can be equipped with a drogue parachute for deploying the wings upon jettison of the UAV from a mothership. The UAV can be controlled remotely or it can operate autonomously. The UAV can include canard wings. The canard wings and the movable wings can include ailerons to effectuate flight control of the UAV. The UAV can be reusable or can be an expandable UAV. The UAV's wings can be configured to automatically separate from the UAV during the landing sequence.
Claims20
An unmanned delivery aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage cargo container;
- the fuselage cargo container comprising a lid and a bottom portion;
- a first pivoting wing system connected to the lid;
- a second pivoting wing system connected to the lid;
- a guidance control system;
- and
- one or more flight controls operable by the guidance control system;
- wherein each of the first and second pivoting wing systems can pivot from a stowed position to a deployed position.
The unmanned delivery aircraft of claim 8, further comprising at least one latch securing the lid to the bottom portion.
The unmanned delivery aircraft of claim 14, further comprising at least one actuator on each wing system to move the flight control surface for that wing system.
The unmanned delivery aircraft of claim 19, wherein the guidance control system is located inside the nose cone.
An unmanned delivery aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- the fuselage comprising a lid detachably connected to a bottom portion;
- at least two wings pivotally connected to the lid;
- at least a torsion spring located at a pivot point of the at least two wings;
- and
- a guidance control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.