US Patent Issued to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems on Sept. 15 for "Unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform systems and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,208, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"Unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform systems and methods" was invented by James Infanti (Waterloo, Canada) and Albert Pegg (New Dundee, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods related to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing platforms are provided. In one example, a system includes a platform adapted for launching and/or landing a UAV. A plurality of folding elements are pivotably coupled to the support plate to move between closed and open positions, the closed position holding the UAV to the support plate, and the ...