US Patent Issued to Inspired Flight Technologies on March 17 for "Drone arm folding/locking mechanism" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,997, issued on March 17, was assigned to Inspired Flight Technologies Inc. (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

"Drone arm folding/locking mechanism" was invented by Beckham S. Richmond (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Nathan Ben Erlin (Los Osos, Calif.), Marcus R. Stollmeyer (Atascadero, Calif.) and Alexander James Scheck (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drone includes arms rotatable between an extended position and a retracted position. Coupling mechanisms are operable to retain the arms in their extended position. The coupling mechanisms each include a latch being movable from an engaged position in which the relevant ar...