US 11,912,409 B2
Unmanned aircraft system with swappable components
Paul Perry, San Francisco, CA (US); Zoltan Laszlo, San Francisco, CA (US); Scott Parker, San Francisco, CA (US); Nathan Goldsberry, San Francisco, CA (US); Bryan Wade, San Francisco, CA (US); Keenan Wyrobek, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Brian Boomgaard, San Francisco (CA); Zhefei Li, San Francisco, CA (US); and Sven Blaser, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Zipline International Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC., South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,381.
Application 17/234,381 is a continuation of application No. 16/051,240, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,988,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/540,000, filed on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253244 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64D 17/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 1/068 (2013.01); B64D 17/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of replacing components of an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
detaching a first power module from an anchor structure, the anchor structure housed within a fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the anchor structure extends from a first side wall of the fuselage to a second sidewall of the fuselage opposite of the first sidewall;
detaching a first wing structure from the unmanned aerial vehicle by unseating a first mounting bracket of the first wing structure from a portion of the anchor structure, the anchor structure being configured for releasable coupling with the first mounting bracket;
attaching a second wing structure to the unmanned aerial vehicle by seating a second mounting bracket of the second wing structure on the portion of anchor structure, the anchor structure being further configured for releasable coupling with the second mounting bracket; and
attaching a second power module to the anchor structure.