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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Schmalzried, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Jacobs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brandon Jones, Redwood City, CA (US);
Stephen Lacy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan Lesser, Oakland, CA (US);
Aditya Undurti, Dublin, CA (US);
André Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
WING Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a terminal area from which the UAVs are staged includes charging a plurality of the UAVs on charging pads disposed in a staging array at the terminal area. Merchant facilities for preparing packages for delivery by the UAVs are disposed about a periphery of the staging array. The UAVs are relocated under their own propulsion from interior charging pads to peripheral loading pads of the staging array as the peripheral loading pads become available and the UAVs are deemed sufficiently charged and ready for delivery missions.