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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2024
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Hong-Bin Koh, New Taipei, TW;
Oleksii Krasnoshchok, Gdynia, PL;
Chia-Wei Chan, New Taipei, TW;
Ko Hsin Tsai, New Taipei, TW;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A docking station includes a housing for accommodating an aerial vehicle, a charging contact for transferring electrical power to the aerial vehicle within the housing, and a sensor trigger for initiating or terminating the charging of the aerial vehicle. The sensor trigger includes an insertable element having an upper platform biased into contact with a surface of the housing and a blade-like extension that descends below the surface, as well as a sensor, such as a photointerrupter module, for determining positions of the blade-like extension. When an aerial vehicle is docked within the charging station, the aerial vehicle depresses the insertable element into the housing and causes a change in state of the sensor trigger, thereby energizing the charging contact, and transferring electrical power to the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle departs the docking station, the state of the sensor trigger is restored, and the charging contact is deenergized.