US 12623797 B2 / May 12, 2026

Cooling systems for unmanned aerial vehicles

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes: a front chassis defining an intake port; a rear chassis defining an exhaust port and providing a heatsink for the UAV; and a blower that is located immediately rearward of the intake port so as to facilitate unobstructed airflow through the intake port and into the blower. The blower is configured to direct air through the UAV along an airflow path that extends from the intake port to the exhaust port to thereby cool the UAV.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
Skydio, Inc.
Publication number
US 12623797 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
May 12, 2026
Filing date
Jul 17, 2024
CPC classes
B64U10/14, B64U20/87, B64U20/70, B64U20/92, B64U20/96, B64U2101/30
Inventors
Kozlenko; Yevgeniy Andreyevich, Robbins-Rothman; Asher Mendel, O'Rourke; Kellen James Waterman, Thompson; Benjamin Scott, Randolph; Brett Nicholas, Luo; Enyu, Ye; Jack Zi Qi

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