US Patent Issued to Skydio on March 11 for "Base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,610, issued on March 11, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)" was invented by Phoebe Josephine Altenhofen (San Francisco), Patrick Allen Lowe (Palo Alto, Calif.), Yevgeniy Kozlenko (Mountain View, Calif.), Yee Shan Woo (Campbell, Calif.) and Christopher C. Berthelet (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base station is disclosed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes: an enclosure defining a window that is configured to receive the UAV to allow for entry of the UAV into the base station and exit of the UAV from the base station; a door that is ...