Drone delivery system hub for facilitating parcel delivery by unmanned aerial vehicles
US12258152B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64U2101/64
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A drone delivery system hub and method for sending for take-off and receiving for landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The drone delivery system hub includes a center shaft frame, a parcel-conveying system supported by the center shaft frame, structural arms coupled to and extending outward from the center shaft frame in a spoke-like configuration, drone-conveying systems each supported by one of the structural arms, and a linking conveyor span. The drone-conveying system conveys the UAVs along a length of a correspond one of the structural arms toward and away from the center shaft frame. The linking conveyor span selectably rotates to different orientations between different pairs of the structural arms, selectively conveying a UAV thereon between any two of the structural arms. The linking conveyor span is located above the parcel-conveying system such for the UAV thereon to deposit and retrieve parcels from the parcel-conveying system.
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