Concealed Payload Delivery Mechanism for Covert ISR Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in remotely deploying payloads to mobile hostile targets while concealing the payload during travel and ensuring safe, covert deployment.
Innovation Solution
A remotely controllable apparatus with a hollow body, gravity-stable frame, rotatable wheels, and a payload delivery mechanism (PDM) that can conceal the payload during motion and externally deploy it when a target is reached.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a person deploys an apparatus for intelligence and surveillance, then the deployment can be controlled and adjusted, but safety concerns make it infeasible for hostile targets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remotely controllable apparatus as an intermediary between the operator and the hostile target. The apparatus includes a hollow body with a port, payload delivery mechanism, and remote control system, allowing deployment without direct human presence at the target location, thus eliminating safety risks while maintaining operational control
2Device complexity
If the payload is placed proximate to the target without an deployment apparatus, then the deployment is simple, but it is infeasible to place the payload without a deployment apparatus
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the payload delivery mechanism with the hollow body structure. The PDM is integrated into the hollow body and can be concealed within it, combining the functions of transport and deployment into a single unified apparatus, thus achieving both simplicity and feasibility
3Ease of operation
If the payload delivery mechanism is exposed during motion, then the deployment function is accessible, but the payload cannot be concealed during travel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements the nested doll principle by placing the payload delivery mechanism inside the hollow body during travel. The PDM can be concealed within the hollow body structure and only becomes accessible when needed for deployment, thus achieving both concealment during transit and accessibility during deployment operations
4Object-affected harmful factors
If the apparatus is designed for remote control, then safety is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the hollow body to serve multiple functions: it provides structural support, conceals the payload delivery mechanism during travel, and acts as the deployment platform. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while maintaining remote control capabilities
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables safe, covert, and remote deployment of payloads to hostile targets, overcoming the challenges of mobility, concealment, and terrain complexity.
Implementation Method 1
at least one counterweight joined to the frame below the longitudinal axis, whereby the at least one counterweight is adapted to keep the frame gravity stable
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for gathering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] in a hostile environment. The apparatus may be generally cylindrical to blend in with the environment, particularly with indicia which are visible to people viewing the apparatus. The apparatus may have a tinted skin which does not allow viewers to see inside. Inside the apparatus are one or more sensors which gather the ISR. The sensors may be disposed on a payload delivery mechanism having a first, retracted position inside the hollow body and extending outwardly through a port to a second position to deliver a payload to a hostile target. The sensor may be separable from the apparatus or may remain internal to the apparatus.