Page 1- Drone Cargo System

1. Drone Cargo System
2. Patent Summary
3. Present State Of The Art
4. US 11,646,039 Front Page
5. US 11,646,039 Claims 10, 15
6. US 11,646,039 Claims 11 – 17
7. US 11,646,039 Advantages 
8. US 12,175,986 Front Page
9. US 12,175,986 Claims 1, 6
10. US 12,175,986 Claim 2 – 5
11. US  12,175,986 Advantages
12. US 11,322,160 Also Available
13. US 11,322,160 Claim 5
14. US 11,322,160 Advantages 
15. More on Example Prototypes

Piloted, Automated, or Autonomous Drone Cargo Management

Patents relate to drone-cargo (e.g., payload) coupling system that uses an aperture and pin for cargo pickup and drop off.

The video below illustrates an exemplary prototype of the aperture/pin system attached to a drone. The drone flies over a cargo container with a pin, lands, attaches the cargo to the drone via the aperture closing on the pin, and then flies away with the cargo securely attached to the drone.

Benefits of using an aperture pin system include the ability to use various pin sizes and shapes, greater tolerances for coupling alignment, and no human handling needed for attaching cargo to a drone.

Below is a exemplary video demonstration.