US 12,473,088 B2
Apparatus and method for loading and unloading cargo of air mobility
Jae Hoon Chung, Seoul (KR); Jong Min Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ji A Lee, Seoul (KR); Ki Seok Sung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jong Kyu Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Young Jun Byun, Seoul (KR); Kye Yoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Ji Min Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,708.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0024561 (KR), filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264816 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 18/04 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B65G 67/04 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B66C 1/06 (2006.01); B66C 1/22 (2006.01); B66C 1/30 (2006.01); B66D 1/56 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 1/22 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0014 (2013.01); B25J 18/04 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B65G 67/04 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B66C 1/06 (2013.01); B66C 1/223 (2013.01); B66C 1/30 (2013.01); B66D 1/56 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0398 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for loading and unloading cargo, the apparatus comprising:
a winch configured to be installed in an air mobility vehicle; and
a multiarticulated robot arm in communication with the winch and comprising a gripper provided capable of gripping a container,
wherein the gripper comprises:
a guide coupled to an end of the multiarticulated robot arm;
a plurality of finger members, at least one of which reciprocates along the guide; and
a driving unit connected to at least one reciprocating finger member and driving the finger member,
wherein the driving unit comprises:
a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation, and mounted on one side of the guide,
a bolt shaft connected to the motor and rotated; and
a nut portion engaged with the bolt shaft, and
wherein a reciprocating finger member is fixedly connected to the nut portion.