US 12,227,320 B2
Storage station for unmanned VTOL aircrafts
Sang Cherl Lee, Daejeon (KR); Myeong Shin Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jung Hyun Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Hee Seob Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,394.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0141604 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140630 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/40 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 80/10 (2023.01) [B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/40 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage station for unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircrafts, comprising:
a storage case (110) for accommodating an unmanned VTOL aircraft therein;
a first coupling member (120) having one end pivotably coupled to the inside of the storage case and the other end protruding out of the storage case by a pivoting operation; and
a second coupling member (130) provided at the other end of the first coupling member, wherein one end of a main body of the unmanned VTOL aircraft is coupled to the second coupling member, and the second coupling member is rotatable about a rotation axis aligned with a longitudinal direction of the first coupling member which extends from the one end to the other end,
wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are provided in plural numbers inside the storage case so as to store a plurality of unmanned VTOL aircrafts.