US Patent Issued to Skydio on Aug. 11 for "Landing platform in a base station for use with unmanned aerial vehicles and including drive brackets" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,525, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Landing platform in a base station for use with unmanned aerial vehicles and including drive brackets" was invented by Patrick Allen Lowe (Palo Alto, Calif.), Christopher C. Berthelet (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Benjamin Scott Thompson (San Carlos, Calif.), Yee Shan Woo (Campbell, Calif.) and Joseph Tankeh (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing platform for a base station that is configured to receive an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The landing platform includes: alignment members that are configured for engagement with the UAV; drive brackets tha...