Payload platform for unmanned vehicles

US11650036B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company · US

Inventors

• Edris Raji · Simsbury, US
• Kurt Nelson · Batavia, US
• Matthew Bragoni · Granby, US
• Andrew M. Kochanek · Suffield, US
• John Fiske · Southington, US
• Craig Boucher · Simsbury, US
• John A. Graham · Edinburgh, GB
• Jarrett Jacobson · Weatogue, US
• John P. Benner · Williamsburg, US
• Scott Crespi · Town of West Hartford, US
• Michael Ronzello · Avon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2022
• Grant date: May 16, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system that is mountable to an unmanned vehicle and a method of operation is provided. The system includes an attachment plate configured to couple to the unmanned vehicle, the attachment plate having a first feature. A control module is configured to removably couple to the attachment plate, the control module having one or more processors and a power source, the control module having a pin arranged to move from a first position to a second position when the control module is coupled to the attachment plate, the one or more processors being energized when the pin is moved from the first position to the second position. A payload having an energetic element is provided, the payload being coupled to the control module.