US 11,794,922 B1
Mobile UAV nest
Evan Twyford, Houston, TX (US); Thorsten Schilling, San Jose, CA (US); Jesse Blake, Palo Alto, CA (US); Scott Velez, Redwood City, CA (US); James Schmalzried, San Jose, CA (US); Ray Leung, Fremont, CA (US); and Greg Vulikh, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WING Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,438.
Int. Cl. B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/007 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile nest for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), comprising:
a cuboid-shaped frame including vertical supports positioned at corners of the cuboid-shaped frame;
a plurality of staging pads adapted for landing, launching, and charging the UAVs, wherein the staging pads are mounted to pivot about two or more of the vertical supports, and wherein each of the staging pads rotates into the cuboid-shaped frame when stowed for storing a corresponding one of the UAVs and rotates out of the cuboid-shaped frame when deployed for launching or landing the corresponding one of the UAVs, wherein the vertical supports include sliding guides adapted to allow each of the staging pads to be stowed and deployed at different vertical offsets;
charging electronics disposed within the cuboid-shaped frame and coupled to the staging pads to charge the UAVs when the UAVs are positioned on the staging pads; and
exterior siding mounted to the cuboid-shaped frame to provide a weather barrier that protects the UAVs from weather when the UAVs are stowed within the mobile housing structure.