公开(公告)号：WO2022154887A2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：PCT/US2021/061384

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Inventor： WYROBEK, Keenan A. ,  WADE, Brendan D. ,  LASZLO, Zoltan ,  BOOMGAARD, Brian ,  LIU, Joshua ,  VANDENBUSSCHE, Gregoire ,  NALECZ, Kevin ,  GURUMURTHY, Radhika

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B60L53/36 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/206 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64D3/00 ,  G05D1/102

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.