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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2025
Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Jia Guo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yevgeniy Andreyevich Kozlenko, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Patrick Allen Lowe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher C. Berthelet, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George Oliver Turvey, Brookdale, CA (US);
Yee Shan Woo, Campbell, CA (US);
Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of docking an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a base station. The method includes landing the UAV on a landing platform of the base station; generally aligning the UAV with a charging hub of the base station; repositioning the UAV on the landing platform via engagement with the charging hub; and deflecting the charging hub to generally align electrical contacts on the UAV with corresponding electrical contacts on the charging hub.