System and method for low velocity aerial supply drop
AssigneeFive Forces, SPC
InventorsJohn Irick, Hung-Chi Wang, Robert Breidenthal, Toni Carlstrom
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Abstract
A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads via an aerial vehicle, the assembly comprising a payload body configured to receive a payload; and one or more wings attached to the payload with a connector or integral to the one or more wings; wherein when the supply drop assembly is dropped from the aerial vehicle, the one or more wings start rotating thereby generating lift and slowing the rate of descent of the payload as it falls downwards to a recipient.
Claims20
A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads via an aerial vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a payload body configured to receive a payload;
- and
- one or more wings attached to the payload body;
- wherein when the supply drop assembly is dropped from the aerial vehicle, the one or more wings start rotating, thereby generating lift to counteract the force of gravity and delivering the payload at a decreased rate of descent towards a recipient.
A method for deploying supplies via an aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
- configuring a payload body to receive a payload thereupon;
- and
- attaching one or more wings to the payload body with one or more connectors, such that the payload body and the attached one or more wings will tend, when in contact with atmosphere in freefall, to autorotate thereby slowing a rate of descent of the payload body to prevent damage to the payload.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.