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US 2017/0361928 A1Published application
Winged multi-rotor flying craft with payload accomodating shifting structure and automatic payload delivery
OwnerHari Matsudainventor
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Abstract
A drone package receiving system is provided, utilizing a package-to-receiver system coupler that mates to a receiver pole. The coupler is attached to the drone package and “clips” onto the receiver pole to secure the package from the drone. The receiver pole is affixed to receptacle that is at a “customer-side” end of the pole, wherein the package is translated from the pole's end into the receptacle for safe and hands-free delivery to the customer.
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An automatic payload receiving system, comprising:
- an autonomous aerial drone;
- a payload attached to the drone;
- an external payload-to-receiver system transfer mating mechanism, attached to the payload;
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- location assistance receiver in the drone, adapted to provide location accuracy and docking precision for the drone when transferring the payload to the receiver system, the receiver system comprising:
- a payload receptacle;
- a pole extending from the receptacle and rising above the payload receptacle;
- a cushion at a terminal end of the payload receptacle, to cushion the payload when entering the payload receptacle;
- a lockable payload receptacle door;
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- a location assistance transmitter attached to a top of the pole.
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