US 12,409,949 B2
Automated docking of unmanned aerial vehicle
Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US); Jack Zhu, San Mateo, CA (US); Gareth Cross, San Carlos, CA (US); Teodor Tomic, Redwood City, CA (US); Adam Bry, Redwood City, CA (US); and Abraham Galton Bachrach, Emerald Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/408,154.
Application 18/408,154 is a continuation of application No. 17/218,807, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,897,632.
Application 17/218,807 is a continuation of application No. 16/991,122, filed on Aug. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,873,116.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/915,639, filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0150036 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 45/08 (2006.01); B64F 1/18 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/222 (2013.01) [B64D 45/08 (2013.01); B64F 1/18 (2013.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dock configured to exclusively house a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the dock comprising:
a landing structure including a landing surface configured to receive the UAV, wherein the landing surface is configured for mechanical engagement with a support base of the UAV to inhibit relative movement between the UAV and the landing surface, wherein the landing structure is repositionable along an axis of movement extending in generally orthogonal relation to a vertical landing direction of the UAV; and
an enclosure configured to conceal the landing surface in a first arrangement of the dock and expose the landing surface in a second arrangement of the dock.