US Patent Issued to Creative Drones on Sept. 1 for "Handlebar type input device" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,446, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Creative Drones Inc. (Lewes, Del.).

"Handlebar type input device" was invented by Alan R. Stein (Petaluma, Calif.) and Joaquin Aguerrebere Gutierrez (Quintana Roo, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a handlebar-shaped housing having an elongate central body having a first hand grip at a first axial end, a first flexible paddle affixed to the first hand grip, a first deflection sensor configured to identify a first amount of deflection of the first flexible paddle, a second hand grip at a second axial end, a seco...