US Patent Issued to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense on July 14 for "Payload platform for unmanned vehicles" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,799, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co. (Simsbury, Conn.).

"Payload platform for unmanned vehicles" was invented by Edris Raji (Simsbury, Conn.), Kurt Nelson (Simsbury, Conn.), Matthew Bragoni (Granby, Conn.), Andrew M. Kochanek (Suffield, Conn.), John R. Fiske (Canton, Conn.), Craig Boucher (Simsbury, Conn.), John A. Graham (Midddletown, Conn.), Jarrett Jacobson (Weatogue, Conn.), John Benner (Barkhamsted, Conn.), Scott Crespi (West Hartford, Conn.), Michael Ronzello (Avon, Conn.) and Glen Smith (St. Augustine, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that is mountable to an unmanned vehic...