Patents by Inventor Christopher Winson HINKLE

Christopher Winson HINKLE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20240166350
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas RAPTOPOULOS, Ido BARUCHIN, Christopher Winson HINKLE, Derek X. MA, James Standish O'SULLIVAN
  • Methods and systems for transportation using unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 11820507
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Matternet, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Raptopoulos, Ido Baruchin, Christopher Winson Hinkle, Derek X. Ma, James Standish O'Sullivan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220073204
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Matternet, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas RAPTOPOULOS, Ido BARUCHIN, Christopher Winson HINKLE, Derek X. MA, James Standish O'SULLIVAN
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200239138
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Matternet, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas RAPTOPOULOS, Ido BARUCHIN, Christopher Winson HINKLE, Derek X. MA, James Standish O'SULLIVAN
  • Continuous multimodal communication and recording system with automatic transmutation of audio and textual content
    Patent number: 10680995
    Abstract: Providing interactive communication between a plurality of members includes providing a routing and redistribution module that communicatively connects each of the members with each of the other members and allows the members to receive at least real-time audio data from other ones of the members. Providing the interactive communication also includes receiving content from at least one of the members, selectively distributing the content to at least some of the members in real-time, selectively storing at least some of the content, and visually indicating temporal relationships between different types of the content to at least one of the members. The content includes text messages, images, documents, graphical emojis, stickers, animated gifs, audio emojis, recorded audio, recorded video, real-time audio, and/or real-time video. Distribution of the content to a particular one of the members varies according to a listening state of the particular one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Racket, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Winson Hinkle, Abel Learned Lenz
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170129603
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas RAPTOPOULOS, Ido BARUCHIN, Christopher Winson HINKLE, Derek X. MA, James Standish O'SULLIVAN