US 12,486,017 B2
Additive manufactured integral fastening system for mission adaptable unmanned aerial vehicles
Ian Muceus, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Firestorm Labs, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Firestorm Labs, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/079,138.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/564,964, filed on Mar. 13, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0289561 A1, Sep. 18, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/26 (2006.01); B64U 20/40 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 7/00 (2013.01) [B64C 1/26 (2013.01); B64U 20/40 (2023.01); B64C 2211/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integral fastening system for a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle, comprising:
a first airframe section having a first end region and a second end region on an opposing side with respect to the first end region;
a second airframe section having a first end region and a second end region on an opposing side with respect to the first end region; and
a bayonet mount system, comprising:
one or more passageways produced on the first end region of the first airframe section to include a first channel and second channel, and
one or more protrusions produced on the second end region of the second airframe section configured to be connected to the first end region of the first airframe section, such that, when the first and second airframe sections are being assembled, the one or more protrusions are first aligned with an entry region of the first channel to be translated and then aligned with the second channel of the one or more passageways to be rotated to securely connect the first and second airframe sections together,
wherein the bayonet mount system further includes a locking assembly comprising:
one or more deflection tabs disposed at one or both of the first end region of the first airframe section and the second end region of the second airframe section; and
a corresponding slot disposed at one or both of the second end region of the second airframe section and the first end region of the first airframe section,
wherein the one or more deflection tabs is configured to deflect radially when depressed by a contact surface of the one or both of the second end region of the second airframe section and the first end region of the first airframe section when the one or more protrusions is translated and rotated within the first channel and the second channel, respectively, such that when the one or more deflection tabs is aligned with the corresponding one or more slots, the one or more deflection tabs is returned to an initial projection state to project into the corresponding one or more slots, thereby locking the first airframe section and the second airframe section together.