ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,056, issued on April 7, was assigned to AERO VELOCITY INC. (Sharonville, Ohio).

"Winch assemblies for unmanned aerial vehicle delivery systems" was invented by Rich Parraga (Loveland, Ohio), James Wagner (Loveland, Ohio), Phil McDermott (Loveland, Ohio), Gianfranco Trovato (Loveland, Ohio), Joseph Sams (Loveland, Ohio), Mark Beaulieu (Loveland, Ohio) and Wei Wei (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments of the present application relate to an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising a chassis, a control system mounted to the chassis, at least one rotor operable to generate lift under control of the control system,...