ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,153, issued on March 25, was assigned to Aaron Zhang (Los Angeles).
"Drone docking station" was invented by Aaron Zhang (Los Angeles), Ruzhi Wang (Los Angeles) and Evan Hertafeld (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drone docking station that includes an elevated platform fixed above the ground for drone docking is provided. The platform has a first locking element and a second locking element adapted on the drone to correspond to the first locking element to fulfill auto-alignment while the drone is approaching or docking the platform as well as auto-separation while the drone is leaving or about to leave the platform. A b...