US 11,667,384 B2
Payload coupling apparatus for UAV and method of delivering a payload
Andre Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Trevor Shannon, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/61,586.
Application 17/061,586 is a continuation of application No. 15/389,074, filed on Dec. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,793,274.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/385,844, filed on Sep. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/385,854, filed on Sep. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031920 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/22 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A payload coupling apparatus comprising:
a housing;
wherein the housing is adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether;
a slot extending downwardly from a top of the housing towards a bottom of the housing thereby forming a lip on the housing adjacent the slot;
wherein the slot is adapted to receive a handle of a payload; and
wherein there are no moving parts in the payload coupling apparatus.