公开(公告)号：US20240017860A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18039618

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Inventor： Keenan A. Wyrobek ,  Brendan D. Wade ,  Zoltan Laszlo ,  Brian Boomgaard ,  Joshua Liu ,  Gregoire Vandenbussche ,  Kevin Nalecz ,  Radhika Gurumurthy

IPC: B64U80/25 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B60L53/14

CPC classification number: B64U80/25 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B60L2200/10

Abstract: A docking system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a docking housing that defines a docking compartment, and a docking assembly coupled to the docking housing and configured to suspend the UAV within the docking compartment. The docking assembly may include a guiding feature configured to receive a docking feature of the UAV and direct the UAV toward a first captured position. The docking assembly may further include an advancement assembly operatively coupled with the guiding feature and configured to move the UAV from the first captured position to a second docked position.