US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 2 for "Vehicle having drone docking station" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,038, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle having drone docking station" was invented by Payam Akbari (LaSalle, Canada), Adam Goodes (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and David W Smith (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that includes a docking station positioned within the interior of the vehicle, and a drone that is configured to mate with the docking station. The vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that is located within the interior of the vehicle and is configured to communicate instructions to a docking station controller to instruct the drone to disengag...