Cargo receiving facility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12179939-B2
Application number	US-202217949499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2022
Priority date	Sep 29, 2021
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

A cargo receiving facility includes a net and a transport mechanism. The net is suspended among supports. The net is configured to receive a cargo dropped from an unmanned aircraft in flight. The transport mechanism is configured to transport the cargo received by the net. The net has an elasticity corresponding to a mass of the cargo. The net has openings each having a size corresponding to a pressure of down-wash from the unmanned aircraft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cargo receiving facility comprising:
a net suspended among supports, the net being configured to receive a cargo dropped from an unmanned aircraft in flight; and
a transport mechanism configured to transport the cargo received by the net,
wherein the net has an elasticity corresponding to a mass of the cargo, and
wherein the net has openings each having a size corresponding to a pressure of down-wash from the unmanned aircraft,
wherein the transport mechanism comprises a height-difference generating mechanism configured to generate a height difference among parts of the net, and
wherein the height-difference generating mechanism causes the cargo received by the net to slide to a take-out position at one end of the net.

2. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 1 , wherein the transport mechanism comprises an external transport mechanism configured to transport the cargo slid to the take-out position at the one end of the net to outside of the net.

3. A cargo receiving facility comprising:
a net suspended among supports, the net being configured to receive a cargo dropped from an unmanned aircraft in flight; and
a transport mechanism configured to transport the cargo received by the net,
wherein the net has an elasticity corresponding to a mass of the cargo, and
wherein the net has openings each having a size corresponding to a pressure of down-wash from the unmanned aircraft,
wherein each of the supports comprises a slide rail provided with a slider coupled to a corresponding end of the net.

4. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 1 , wherein each of the supports comprises a slide rail provided with a slider coupled to a corresponding end of the net.

5. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 2 , wherein each of the supports comprises a slide rail provided with a slider coupled to a corresponding end of the net.

6. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 3 , wherein the slide rail is provided with a damper configured to absorb an impact that is to be generated when the slider moves downward along the slide rail.

7. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 4 , wherein the slide rail is provided with a damper configured to absorb an impact that is to be generated when the slider moves downward along the slide rail.

8. The cargo receiving facility according to claim 5 , wherein the slide rail is provided with a damper configured to absorb an impact that is to be generated when the slider moves downward along the slide rail.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Seki Katsuya
• Kuniya Tomoyoshi

Classifications

• B64C39/024

  of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV · CPC title

• B64U2101/00

  UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications · CPC title

• B64U2101/64

  for parcel delivery or retrieval · CPC title

• B64U10/13

  Flying platforms · CPC title

• F16F9/10

  using liquid only; using a fluid of which the nature is immaterial · CPC title