US 12,252,251 B2
Payload release apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicle
Rotem Izchak Levy, Shlomi (IL); Nadav Meir, Tel Aviv (IL); Aviram Klaiman, Kfar Saba (IL); and Tomer Gilad, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Flytrex Aviation Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Flytrex Aviation Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,192.
Prior Publication US 2024/0367791 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F16B 45/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 1/12 (2013.01) [F16B 45/021 (2021.05); F16B 45/036 (2021.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A payload release apparatus (PRA), comprising:
a top portion, the top portion including a connector adapted to connect to a first end of a tether;
a hook portion connected to the top portion, the hook portion including: a shank, a vertex, a high point, and a gap defined between the high point and the shank;
an elastic member, the elastic member blocking the gap defined between the high point and the shank of the hook portion, the elastic member having a relaxed position and a stretched position;
a first anchor placed at the top portion; and
a second anchor placed on the high point, wherein the elastic member is connected to the first anchor and to the second anchor.