System for storing unmanned aerial vehicles

US11813950B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• John J. O'Brien · Farmington, US
• Coleman Johnson · Bentonville, US
• Patricia BIRD · Bentonville, US
• Robert L. Cantrell · Herndon, US
• Brian G. McHale · Chadderton, GB
• Jeremy Varner · Bentonville, US
• Donald R. High · Noel, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for storing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles is described herein. The system includes one or more shelves attached to a holding structure, the one or more shelves being configured to support one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the one or more shelves defining one or more shelf areas configured to receive the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. The system also includes an electrical charging station configured to charge electrical batteries of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles supported by the one or more shelves; and a data transfer and storage system configured to transfer and store data that is previously stored in a data storage device of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles in a data storage unit.