Payload delivery device
AssigneeThor Industries Ltd
InventorsLee THORNHILL, Alistair WRAGG, Fergus DUNCAN
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a payload delivery device. The payload delivery device is configured for delivering an explosive component. The payload delivery device comprises a first module having an interior cavity for containing an explosive component. The payload delivery device further comprises at least one attachment module connected to the central module via a connection means. The at least one attachment module having an interior cavity for containing an additional component.
Claims16
A payload delivery device for delivering an explosive component, the payload delivery device comprising:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, the explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter;
- and
- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and, on the basis of the comparison, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component.
A kit of parts comprising parts operable to be assembled into a payload delivery device comprising:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, an explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter;
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- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and, on the basis of the comparison, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component.
A method for manufacturing a payload delivery device, the method comprising:
- producing parts of the payload delivery device including:
- a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, an explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
- an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
- a sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
- a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter;
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- a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and, on the basis of the comparison, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component, wherein three-dimensional (3D) printing is used to form at least one of the first module or the attachment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.