US 12,258,153 B2
Drone docking station
Aaron Zhang, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ruzhi Wang, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Evan Hertafeld, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Aaron Zhang, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Aaron Zhang, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,203.
Claims priority of application No. 202211596847.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190594 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 70/99 (2023.01) [B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking station for drones, each drone having at least one second positive locking end and at least one second negative locking end, comprising:
an elevated platform for docking the drones, the platform having a first positive locking element and a first negative locking element, the first positive locking element is disposed in parallel to the first negative locking element, the platform is adapted to receive the drones with auto-alignment while the drones are docking on the platform as well as auto-separation while the drones are leaving the platform,
wherein
the first positive locking element is a positive terminal of a charging circuit and the first negative locking element is a negative terminal of the charging circuit,
when the drone is docked on the platform, the at least one second positive locking end rests on the first positive locking element and the at least one second negative locking end rests on the first negative locking element.