US Patent Issued to Singapore University of Technology and Design on June 9 for "Aerial payload deployment system and method of operating thereof" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,576, issued on June 9, was assigned to Singapore University of Technology and Design (Singapore).

"Aerial payload deployment system and method of operating thereof" was invented by Jon Hui Ryan Lim (Singapore), Hui Qing Kristabel Lim (Singapore) and Shaohui Foong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial payload deployment system includes: an aerial vehicle including a flight controller operable to control a flight of the aerial vehicle; and a payload deployment system coupled to the aerial vehicle and configured to deploy a payload to an elevated lateral pole-like structure. The payload deployment system includes: a tethere...