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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joanna Cohen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Parsa Dormiani, San Mateo, CA (US);

Mathias Samuel Fleck, Milpitas, CA (US);

James Ryan Burgess, Redwood City, CA (US);

Sean Mullaney, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/18 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/02 (2013.01); B64F 1/025 (2013.01); B64F 1/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/022 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/025 (2013.01); B64C 2201/088 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01);
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.


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