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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Michael Paczan, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael John Elzinga, Woodinville, WA (US);
Raphael Hsieh, Seattle, WA (US);
Luan Khai Nguyen, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); B64C 37/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a collective UAV in which multiple UAVs may be coupled together to form the collective UAV. A collective UAV may be used to aerially transport virtually any size, weight or quantity of items, travel longer distances, etc. For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a collective UAV that is used to carry the larger or heavier item.