JAMES WILLIAM BACON
Pilots at Tower Rd, Middletown, CT
License number
Connecticut A4851780
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
26 Tower Rd, Middletown, CT 06457
Professional information
Enabling Multiple Autonomous Cargo Deliveries In A Single Mission
US Patent:
2013024, Sep 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb 28, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/780826
Inventors:
Kevin Schlosser - Owego NY, US
Curt Eshbaugh - Little Meadows PA, US
Joel Markham - Vestal NY, US
Clifford T. Gunsallus - Canton CT, US
James W. Bacon - Middletown CT, US
Curt Eshbaugh - Little Meadows PA, US
Joel Markham - Vestal NY, US
Clifford T. Gunsallus - Canton CT, US
James W. Bacon - Middletown CT, US
International Classification:
G05D 1/10, G05D 1/00, B64D 1/02
US Classification:
2441371, 701 3
Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus enabling multiple unmanned cargo deliveries in a single mission. An assembly having multiple hooks may be coupled to an unmanned vehicle via a cable. Prior to a mission originating at a starting location, multiple cargo loads may each be loaded on to a respective pallet, wrapped in a cargo delivery net, and attached to one of the hooks. A ground controller may instruct the unmanned vehicle to deliver the cargo loads to separate locations. The unmanned delivery vehicle may navigate to a first delivery location, perform delivery of a first cargo load by causing the hook on the assembly to release the first load, autonomously exit the first location and navigate to a second delivery location without returning to the starting location, and perform delivery of a second cargo load by causing the hook on the assembly to release the second load.