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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.

Patent No.:

US 12162635 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2022

Base stations including integrated systems for servicing uavs

Applicant:

Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Allen Lowe, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Christopher Brian Grasberger, Burlingame, CA (US);

Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher C. Berthelet, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yee Shan Woo, Campbell, CA (US);

Brett Nicholas Randolph, San Carlos, CA (US);

Phoebe Josephine Altenhofen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Zachary Albert West, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:

Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Joshua J Michener

Assistant Examiner:

Arfan Y Sinaki

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/36 (2024.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/617 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/6566 (2014.01); H01M 10/6572 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B60H 1/00257 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/00478 (2013.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64U 80/10 (2023.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/617 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6556 (2015.04); H01M 10/6566 (2015.04); H01M 10/6572 (2015.04); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A base station is disclosed that is configured for use with a UAV. The base station includes: an enclosure with an outer housing that defines a roof section and an inner housing that is connected to the outer housing; one or more heating elements that are supported by the enclosure and which are configured to heat the roof section; one or more fiducials that are supported by the enclosure; an illumination system that is supported by the enclosure and which is configured to illuminate the one or more fiducials; and a visualization system that is supported by the enclosure.

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