ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,004, issued on May 26, was assigned to NANTES UNIVERSITE (Nantes, France) and ESTACA (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France).
"Platform for the take-off and landing of an aircraft for generating electric power" was invented by Pascal Casari (Saint Nazaire, France) and Jean Christophe Walrick (Laval, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a platform (28) for the take-off and landing of an aircraft (12) for generating electric power by means of a generator (24) and comprising: a stationary support (30); a receiving structure (32) that is intended to accommodate the aircraft (12) and is connected to the stationary suppor...