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US 10,239,638 B1Granted
Home station for unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeWing Aviation LLC
InventorsJoanna Cohen, Parsa Dormiani, Mathias Samuel Fleck, James Ryan Burgess, Sean Mullaney
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Abstract
Described herein are apparatuses that provided various features related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example apparatus may include, among other features, (i) a launch system for a UAV, (ii) a landing feature that is arranged on the apparatus so as to receive the UAV when the UAV returns from a flight, and (iii) a mechanical battery-replacement system that is configured to (a) remove a first battery from the UAV, and (b) after removal of the first battery, install a second battery in the UAV.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a launch system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- a landing feature that is arranged on the apparatus so as to receive the UAV when the UAV returns from a flight;
- a mechanical battery-replacement system that is configured to:
- (a) remove a first battery from the UAV, and
- (b) after removal of the first battery, install a second battery in the UAV;
- and
- a frame structure comprising:
- a roof, and
- a chamber beneath the roof,
- wherein the launch system is arranged to:
- couple to the UAV at a location inside the chamber, and
- move the UAV out of the chamber during a launch process, and
- wherein the landing feature is arranged on the roof of the frame structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a launch system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- a landing feature that is arranged on the apparatus so as to receive the UAV when the UAV returns from a flight;
- a frame structure that comprises:
- a roof, and
- one or more side sections, wherein the one or more side sections and the roof form a human-sized chamber that is at least partially enclosed;
- one or more human-operable control interfaces that are physically accessible from within the human-sized chamber, wherein the one or more human-operable control interfaces are operable to control at least the launch system;
- wherein at least a portion of the launch system is disposed within the human-sized chamber such that the UAV can be loaded onto the launch system at a coupling location within the human-sized chamber,
- wherein the launch system is operable for a launch process in which the UAV moved out of the chamber, and
- wherein the landing feature is at least partially disposed on the roof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.