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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 12304657 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2021

Unmanned aerial system kiosk

Applicant:

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jason Paul Hurst, Fort Worth, TX (US);

John Robert Wittmaak, Jr., Newark, TX (US);

Joshua Allan Edler, Irving, TX (US);

Chad Sparks, Mansfield, TX (US);

Nicholas Brodeur, Beaconsfield, CA;

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:

Akona IP PC

Primary Examiner:

Chi Q Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/00 (2024.01); B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); E04B 1/343 (2006.01); E04B 7/16 (2006.01); E04H 6/44 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G01W 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64F 1/005 (2013.01); B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); E04B 1/343 (2013.01); E04B 7/16 (2013.01); E04H 6/44 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); G01W 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A kiosk for use an unmanned aerial system (UAS) delivery system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the kiosk includes an enclosure comprising at least one vertical wall having a secured entrance therethrough to prevent unauthorized persons from entering the enclosure, wherein an external appearance of the enclosure corresponds to a location of the kiosk; a landing zone for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the UAS located within the enclosure, the landing zone comprising infrastructure from which the UAV can take off and on which the UAV can land; sensors for detecting an environment of at least one of the kiosk and the enclosure; and a guidance system for providing signals to the UAV to guide the UAV into the enclosure and onto the landing zone.

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