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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew A. Vavrina, Silver Spring, MD (US);
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Jonathan P. How, Arlington, MA (US);
Bernard J. Michini, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Matthew A. Michini, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Tuna Toksoz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Redding, American Fork, UT (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle base station comprises a platform on which a vehicle may be positioned, a first battery bay located on a first side of the platform, a battery replacement assembly to remove a battery from the vehicle and to replace the battery with a new battery, and a power source adapted to provide power to the vehicle while the vehicle is positioned on the platform.