US 12,247,813 B2
Payload delivery device
Lee Thornhill, Salisbury (GB); Alistair Wragg, Salisbury (GB); and Fergus Duncan, Salisbury (GB)
Assigned to THOR INDUSTRIES LTD, Teffont (GB)
Filed by THOR INDUSTRIES LTD, Teffont (GB)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,266.
Claims priority of application No. 2209844 (GB), filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010335 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F42B 25/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/04 (2006.01); F42B 10/04 (2006.01); F42B 12/00 (2006.01); F42C 5/00 (2006.01); F42C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 25/00 (2013.01) [F42B 10/04 (2013.01); F42B 12/00 (2013.01); F42C 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 1/04 (2013.01); F42C 9/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A payload delivery device for delivering an explosive component, the payload delivery device comprising:
a first module, the first module defining an interior cavity for containing, at least in part, the explosive component, wherein the interior cavity is accessible to a user to allow for the user to configure the explosive component within the interior cavity;
an attachment device configured to releasably attach the payload delivery device to an unmanned aerial system (UAS);
a first sensor configured to sense an environmental parameter;
a second sensor configured to sense a second parameter, different to the environmental parameter;
a memory configured to store a stored environmental parameter and to store a stored second parameter; and
a controller configured to compare the sensed environmental parameter to the stored environmental parameter and to compare the sensed second parameter to the stored second parameter and, on the basis of the comparisons, to transmit a trigger signal configured to cause a detonator to detonate the explosive component.