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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:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jay Parikh, Redwood City, CA (US);

Yael Maguire, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04B 5/0093 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
Abstract

The disclosed apparatus may include unmanned aerial vehicle having (1) a flight system that causes movement and hovering of the unmanned aerial vehicle, (2) a coupling mechanism that interacts with a corresponding coupling mechanism of an electronic device for carrying the electronic device from a remote location to a mount of an infrastructure component, and (3) an extension mechanism connecting the coupling mechanism to the flight system, wherein the extension mechanism dynamically extends the coupling mechanism from the flight system to facilitate installation of the electronic device to the mount while the unmanned aerial vehicle hovers. Various other apparatuses, devices, and methods are also disclosed.


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