ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,256, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Kitty Hawk Corp. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Charging station for self-balancing multicopter" was invented by Sebastian Thrun (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Benjamin Otto Berry (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical landing is performed by an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle above a charger where the eVTOL vehicle includes a rotor that is configured to rotate during an occupant change state to keep the eVTOL vehicle stationary during the occupant change state. The eVTOL communicates with an area controller to receive an assignment of the charger from the...