US Patent Issued to H2 Clipper on June 9 for "System, method and apparatus for airship manufacture using robotics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,588, issued on June 9, was assigned to H2 Clipper Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

"System, method and apparatus for airship manufacture using robotics" was invented by Rinaldo S. Brutoco (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Robert H. Shelton (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Michael R. Everman (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus are proposed to assist in assembling the frame, attaching the skin, and performing other tasks in manufacturing an airship and constructing other structures that are otherwise challenging, inefficient, or unsuitable for humans to perform, and/or that traditionally require significa...