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Autonomous Payload Parsing Management System and Structure for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

  • US 20110084162A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2009
  • Published: 04/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for making partial deliveries of cargo provisions, the UAV comprising:

  • one or more ducted fans;

    a cargo pod comprising an outer aerodynamic shell and one or more drive systems for modifying a relative position of one or more cargo provisions contained within the cargo pod;

    a structural interconnect connecting the one or more fans to the cargo pod; and

    control logic configured to, after delivery of a partial portion of cargo provisions contained within the cargo pod, control the one or more drive systems to vary a position of at least a portion of remaining cargo provisions to maintain a substantially same center of gravity of the UAV after the delivery relative to a center of gravity of the UAV prior to the delivery.

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