IP Library Granted Patent US 11,952,147
Granted Patent B2
US 11,952,147 · App. 17/798,184 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Drone station

Inventor: Kijung Kwon (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: NARMA CO. LTD.
B64F1/007B64U70/92B64C39/024B64U2201/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,952,147
App. No.
17/798,184
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drone station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a roof allowing a drone to land thereon; a side wall formed to be erected around all sides of the roof from the lower side of the roof; a nozzle which is formed at an edge at which the roof and the side wall meet each other, and sprays an air current upward; a grill formed on the side wall to allow external air to be introduced thereinto; a guide panel disposed inside the grill to guide fluid flow so that fluid flows from the grill to the nozzle; and a rotor disposed inside the guide panel to move fluid from the grill side to the nozzle side through a rotating operation.

Claims (14)

1. A drone station comprising:

a roof on which a drone lands;

side walls erected around and under the roof defining an inside area;

nozzles formed at edges between the roof and the side walls to emit air currents upward;

grills formed at the side walls that enable external air to flow into the inside area;

guide panels disposed within the inside area and guiding flow of fluid to flow from the grills to the nozzles; and

rotors disposed inside the guide panels and moving fluid from the grills to the nozzles by rotating.

2. The drone station of claim 1 , comprising stabilizers disposed inside the side walls and controlling a flow rate, a flow speed, and a spray direction of fluid, which is moved to the nozzles.

3. The drone station of claim 1 , wherein an external shape of the roof is provided as a polygonal shape when the roof is seen from above, and the nozzle is disposed at every edge of the roof.

4. The drone station of claim 3 , wherein the roof is any one polygonal shape of a rectangle, a hexagon, an octagon, and a dodecagon.

5. The drone station of claim 1 , comprising:

a motor configured to operate the rotor; and

a controller configured to operate the motor on the basis of an approach signal of the drone.

6. The drone station of claim 4 , wherein the approach signal of the drone is any one signal of an inherent signal that is generated from the drone and a control signal that is generated in accordance with a drone return signal from a drone remote controller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: KONG, KIJUNG
To: NARMA CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060744/0595 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0118460 · Sep 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230074715A1 · Mar 9, 2023
Cited By (1)
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