US 12,459,682 B2
Landing platform
Matthias Gronstedt, Hamburg (DE); Olaf Hilbig, Kirchlengern (DE); Stefan Oluschinsky, Kirchlengern (DE); and Marius Schröder, Bielefeld (DE)
Assigned to HHLA Sky GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/692,651
Filed by HHLA Sky GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/075714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 10, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/041679, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021123990.7 (DE), filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0145314 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. B64U 70/97 (2023.01); B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 70/97 (2023.01) [B64F 1/322 (2020.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A landing platform for a drone comprising
a landing surface comprising
two conveyor belts arranged in parallel in the same horizontal plane and spaced apart such that a drone landing on the landing surface is in contact at the same time with the two conveyor belts (drone conveyor belts),
two sliding bars which each run at least partially parallel to the running direction of the drone conveyor belts and are movable above the drone conveyor belts in a direction transversely with respect to the running direction of the drone conveyor belts, and
a fitting unit comprising a lifting apparatus, arranged between the drone conveyor belts, for an item to be transported,
wherein the drone conveyor belts and/or movement of the sliding bars are configured to move the drone into a loading position on the landing surface for the drone to collect from the lifting apparatus the item to be transported (loading position).