US 12,441,493 B2
Payload support frame for unmanned aerial system
Michael Kenneth Beiro, Richmond, VA (US); Alvin Leroy Corbin, Dillwyn, VA (US); Chase Hamilton Coble, North Chesterfield, VA (US); and David Carson Schul, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to LINEBIRD, INC., Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by BEIROBOTICS LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,991.
Application 18/379,991 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/735,111, filed on May 2, 2022, granted, now 11,952,119.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,668, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034489 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 20/00 (2023.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); H02G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64U 20/00 (2023.01) [B64U 10/16 (2023.01); H02G 1/02 (2013.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an attachment flange selectively and releasably coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
a payload support frame selectively and releasably coupled to the attachment flange, wherein the payload support frame comprises:
at least three elongated rigid segments, each elongated rigid segment comprising a hollow elongated pole;
at least three upper flexible segments, each upper flexible segment positioned at an upper end of a corresponding rigid segment; and
at least three lower flexible segments, each lower flexible segment positioned at a lower end of a corresponding rigid segment;
an intermediary frame selectively and releasably coupled to the payload support frame via the at least three lower flexible segments, wherein the intermediary frame is coupled to a power line device at one or more points, wherein the power line device is configured to measure one or more properties of an electrical power line and/or a splice on the electrical power line; and
a base frame selectively and releasably coupled to the power line device.