US Patent Issued to Aerostar International on June 9 for "Active valve for throttling ascent rate" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,564, issued on June 9, was assigned to Aerostar International Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Active valve for throttling ascent rate" was invented by Kevin Anderson (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided and includes an inlet tube, a shuttle, a base plate, a screw assembly, and a spacer block. The shuttle is partially disposed within the inlet tube and is configured to be placed in a first position where the shuttle abuts the inlet tube and a second position where the outer surface is disposed in spaced relation to the inlet tube. The base plate extends betwee...