US 11,745,875 B2
Base of stationing and automatic management for drones
Marco Ballerini, Trieste (IT)
Assigned to DRONUS S.P.A., Rome (IT)
Appl. No. 17/54,458
Filed by DRONUS S.p.A., Rome (IT); and Marco Ballerini, Trieste (IT)
PCT Filed May 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/053817
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/215658, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005252 (IT), filed on May 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229807 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64D 45/04 (2013.01); B64F 1/02 (2013.01); B64F 1/20 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A landing and take-off base for an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising: a main body provided with an opening and comprising a continuous internal wall defining a stationing region inside said main body; a retaining unit provided with a couple of gripping arms configured to engage an attachment portion of the aerial vehicle and to allow a controlled hooking and/or release of the attachment portion, wherein said continuous internal wall has a converging truncated conical shape towards said retaining unit and wherein said opening is placed at a larger base surface, the base configured such that, in use, said retaining unit assumes a gripping condition wherein the aerial vehicle is hooked and at least partially housed inside the stationing region and a release condition wherein the aerial vehicle is released and free to fall through said opening during the take-off.