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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nick Renold, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew Nubbe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jim Schmalzried, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jesse Blake, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Velez, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dustin Sanders, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Benson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Evan Twyford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An example embodiment includes a landing pad having a housing and a power terminal configured to draw electric power from a power source. The landing pad further includes an electrically conductive landing terminal dorsal to the housing and configured such that, during a landing state of an aerial vehicle, the landing terminal makes contact with a plurality of electric contacts disposed ventrally to a fuselage of the aerial vehicle. The landing terminal is configured to transfer electric power drawn by the power terminal to the aerial vehicle via the electric contacts during the landing state of the aerial vehicle.