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UAV payload module camera assembly and retraction mechanism

  • US 10,189,581 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2017
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A UAV comprising, a housing,a) a payload module comprising a deployable payload;

  • andb) a retraction mechanism apparatus capable of moving the payload from a stowed position within a UAV to a deployed position extending out of the UAV, the retraction mechanism being configured such that the payload retracts back into the UAV upon contact with a landing surface if the payload is not retracted before the UAV contacts the landing surface so as to reduce at least one of;

    (1) a probability, or (2) a severity of damage to a deployed payload upon landing.

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