US 11,947,348 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controller
Benjamin Scott Thompson, San Carlos, CA (US); Christopher Brian Grasberger, Burlingame, CA (US); Patrick Allen Lowe, Burlingame, CA (US); Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Redwood City, CA (US); Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US); Logan Sweet, San Francisco, CA (US); Blair Williams, Redwood City, CA (US); and Joseph Anthony Enke, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,879, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326705 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controller having control elements configured to receive inputs from a user;
a cover coupled to the controller and movable between a closed position, in which the control elements are covered, and an open position in which the control elements are exposed, wherein the cover includes one or more ribs integrated into an interior surface of the cover that include an electrically conductive material; and
an antenna integrated and contained within the cover, wherein the antenna is at least partially surrounded by the one or more ribs and electrically connected to circuitry in the controller for communicating with a UAV.