Patent ID: 11858633
Assignee: WING AVIATION LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a fuselage having a first side, a second side, a door arranged on the first side of the fuselage, and a chamber that is accessible by the door arranged to house a payload; and
a control system configured to:
determine that the UAV is at a pickup location for pickup of a payload;
in response to determining that the UAV is at the pickup location for pickup of the payload and with the door oriented away from the ground, cause an opening of the door to enable loading of the payload into the chamber;
cause the UAV to carry out a flip maneuver to orient the door toward the ground;
determine that the UAV is at a delivery location for delivery of the payload; and
in response to determine that the UAV is at a delivery location for delivery of the payload, cause an opening of the door to enable release of the payload from the chamber by dropping the payload.