US 11,987,401 B2
Systems and methods for modular unmanned vehicles
Steven Andrew Prsa, Waterloo (CA); Albert Pegg, Waterloo (CA); and Dietmar Frank Wennemer, Ontario (CA)
Assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC, Vancouver (CA)
Filed by FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC, Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,469.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,461, filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171198 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 20/87 (2023.01) [H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned vehicle (UV) comprising:
an aircraft component;
an interposer component communicatively and mechanically coupled to the aircraft component; and
a payload component communicatively and mechanically coupled to the interposer component;
wherein the interposer component comprises
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor configure the processor to:
receive a communication from one of the aircraft component or the payload component; and
send the communication to the other of the aircraft component or the payload component.