Human transporting drone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10358217-B2
Application number	US-201615370302-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	Dec 11, 2015
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a human transporting drone including a drone core, a human receptacle for accommodating a human, the human receptacle being detachably housed in the drone core, ropes connected to the human receptacle, and rope winding mechanisms mounted on the drone core, for winding the ropes to house the human receptacle into the drone core and unwinding the ropes to release the human receptacle from the drone core.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A human transporting drone comprising:
a drone core having a top side and a bottom side, and a central opening extending from said top side to said bottom side;
a plurality of rotors attached to said drone core;
a human receptacle for accommodating a human, said human receptacle being configured to be detachably housed in said opening in said drone core;
ropes connected to said human receptacle; and
rope winding means mounted on said drone core for winding said ropes to house draw said human receptacle into said opening in said drone core from through the bottom side so that said human receptacle protrudes from said top side of the said drone core when said human receptacle is housed in said opening, and unwinding said ropes to release said human receptacle from said opening of said drone core through said bottom side of said drone core.

2. The human transporting drone according to claim 1 , wherein while said drone core is hovering, said ropes are unwound to lower said human receptacle to allow a human to enter and leave said human receptacle, and after a human has entered and left said human receptacle, said ropes are wound to combine said human receptacle with said drone core.

3. The human transporting drone according to claim 1 , wherein said human receptacle has an emergency escape function which is performed by release means for releasing said human receptacle from said drone core and a parachute connected to said human receptacle, said parachute being openable after said human receptacle has been released from said drone core.

4. The human transporting drone according to claim 1 , wherein said central opening in the drone core is circular.

Assignees

• Disco Corp

Inventors

• Sekiya Kazuma

Classifications

• B64U70/83

  using parachutes, balloons or the like · CPC title

• B64U2201/20

  Remote controls · CPC title

• B64U2201/10

  autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS] · CPC title

• B64C2201/146

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D11/00 Primary

  Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for · CPC title