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Granted Patent B2
US 11,597,515 · App. 16/997,735 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Charging/re-charging drone assembly system and apparatus

Inventor: Shaun Passley (Wheeling, IL)
Assignee: EPAZZ, INC.
B64C39/024B64F1/007B64U50/19B64U50/34B64U70/20
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Patent No.
US 11,597,515
App. No.
16/997,735
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging and recharging drone assembly system and apparatus are provided. The system has a unique charging pad having a plurality of cones which direct the legs of a charging drone into a specific location on the charging pad for charging/re-charging. A QR code may be located in the middle of a cover of a charging pad so that the charging drone may detect the charging pad from the air and may direct the charging drone to land on a specific spot on the landing pad for charging. The movable cover may cover the charging pad when the charging pad is not in use to protect the charging pad.

Claims (24)

1. A drone charging system comprising:

a first drone wherein the first drone supplies power to a second drone when the first drone is attached to the second drone;

a landing pad wherein the landing pad both receives and charges the first drone and wherein the landing pad has a movable cover having a top surface wherein the movable cover has a first unit and a second unit and wherein the first unit is in contact with the second unit in a first orientation and wherein the first unit of the movable cover is not in contact with the second unit in a second orientation;

wherein the first drone flies to the second drone to charge the second drone;

a first QR Code located on the landing pad and wherein the first QR Code provides information to the first drone;

a second QR Code located on the top surface of the movable cover of the landing pad wherein the second QR Code is only readable when the movable cover is in the first orientation and wherein the second QR Code is not readable in the second orientation and wherein a portion of the second QR Code is printed on the first unit of the movable cover and wherein a portion of the second QR Code is printed on the second unit of the movable cover; and

wherein the first QR Code located on the landing pad is completely concealed and not readable by the first drone when then movable cover is in the first orientation.

2. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a top surface of the landing pad wherein the top surface of the landing pad has a plurality of cone-shaped protrusions and wherein the plurality of cone-shaped protrusions direct a leg of the first drone on the top surface of the landing pad.

3. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of legs of the first drone wherein each of the plurality of legs of the first drone have a cone-shaped tip wherein the cone-shaped tip of each of the plurality of legs is directed on the landing pad by a plurality of opposing cone-shaped protrusions of a top surface of the landing pad.

4. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a first magnet located on the first drone wherein the first magnet of the first drone is attracted to a first magnet of the second drone so that the first magnet of the first drone and the first magnet of the second drone secure the first drone to a top surface of the second drone.

5. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a QR Code located on a top surface of the second drone wherein the QR Code of the top surface of the second drone directs the first drone to a specific landing position on the top surface of the second drone.

6. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a QR Code located on a bottom surface of the second drone wherein the QR Code of the bottom surface of the second drone directs the first drone to a specific landing position on the bottom surface of the second drone.

7. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a camera located on the first drone wherein the camera of the first drone detects a QR Code located on the landing pad.

8. The drone charging system of claim 1 further comprising:

a transmitter located on the landing pad wherein the transmitter transmits a wireless signal to the second drone.

9. The drone charging system of claim 1 wherein the first QR Code and the second QR Code are identical.

10. The drone charging system of claim 1 wherein the first QR Code on the cover of the landing pad and the second QR Code located on the landing pad are not identical.

11. The drone charging system of claim 1 wherein the second drone is made of a light foam material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2025
From: EPAZZ, INC.
To: ZENADRONE, INC.
Reel/Frame 070688/0243 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: PASSLEY, SHAUN
To: EPAZZ, INC.
Reel/Frame 062566/0456 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62959048 · Jan 9, 2020
Provisional Application 62892834 · Aug 28, 2019
Provisional Application 62888544 · Aug 19, 2019
Related Publication 20210053677A1 · Feb 25, 2021
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