US 12,384,570 B2
Base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Christopher Brian Grasberger, Burlingame, CA (US); Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary, San Francisco, CA (US); Yee Shan Woo, Campbell, CA (US); Dylan Matthew Callaway, San Francisco, CA (US); Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Redwood City, CA (US); Christopher C. Berthelet, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Patrick Allen Lowe, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,028.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,595, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,596, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/335,686, filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0348105 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/302 (2019.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01); B64U 70/92 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H10N 10/13 (2023.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01)
CPC B60L 53/30 (2019.02) [B60L 53/10 (2019.02); B60L 53/302 (2019.02); B64F 1/22 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64U 70/92 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20154 (2013.01); H05K 7/20209 (2013.01); H05K 7/20436 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/00 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H05B 1/0227 (2013.01); H05K 1/0215 (2013.01); H10N 10/13 (2023.02); H10N 10/17 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the base station comprising:
an enclosure configured to receive the UAV, wherein the enclosure includes:
a front end having a front door and a rear end having a rear door;
an inner housing; and
an outer housing receiving the inner housing, wherein the inner housing and the outer housing are configured as discrete components to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the base station;
a slide mechanism connected to the enclosure, wherein the slide mechanism includes:
a stationary slide member supported by the enclosure; and
a movable slide member slidably supported by the stationary slide member;
a cradle configured for docking with the UAV and connected to the slide mechanism such that the UAV is movable into and out of the enclosure during repositioning of the cradle between a retracted position and an extended position;
a first electronics module removably connected to the outer housing adjacent to the rear door;
a second electronics module removably connected to a roof section of the inner housing such that the second electronics module is positioned between the inner housing and the outer housing; and
a third electronics module including a first printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) removably and directly connected to the stationary slide member, whereby the first electronics module, the second electronics module, and the third electronics module are individually removable from the base station.