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Patent No.:

US 12759738 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

May. 29, 2025

Drainage in base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

George Oliver Turvey, Brookdale, CA (US);

Yee Shan Woo, Campbell, CA (US);

Shun Yao, Fremont, CA (US);

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

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

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Medhat Badawi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64U 50/37 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 70/92 (2023.01); B64U 70/97 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64U 50/37 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 70/92 (2023.01); B64U 70/97 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01);
Abstract

A base station for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a base. The base defines a cavity therein and includes a lower surface that defines one or more drainage slots to provide drainage egress from the cavity of the body. The base further includes a landing platform supported by the body. The landing platform includes a front grate in fluid communication with a thermal management system of the base station via a front thermal management duct that is configured to direct the drainage that enters the front thermal management duct through the front grate towards the one or more drainage slots and a rear grate in fluid communication with the thermal management system of the base station via a rear thermal management duct that is configured to direct the drainage that enters the rear thermal management duct through the rear grate towards the one or more drainage slots.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Turvey, George. (2026). Drainage in base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 12759738). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12759738

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