Unmanned aerial vehicle station
US12312106B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2023 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64U2101/66
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle station includes a takeoff-landing unit for an unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land, a parcel receiver, a parcel deliverer, a storage that stores a plurality of parcels, a replenishment hangar that houses a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and replenishes the housed plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles with energy, a parcel transporter that transports the plurality of parcels between the parcel receiver and the storage and between the parcel deliverer and the storage, and an aircraft transporter that transports the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles between the takeoff-landing unit and the replenishment hangar.
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