ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,044, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to JOBY AERO INC. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"System and method for robotic charging aircraft" was invented by Ian Andreas Villa (San Francisco) and Luke Asher Wilhelm (Sausalito, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a system for charging an aircraft can include a robotic charging device, and a computing system configured to obtain data associated with a transportation itinerary and energy parameter(s) of the aircraft. The data associated with the transportation itinerary can be indicative of an aircraft landing facility at which the aircraft is to be located. The computing system can d...