ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,532, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SkySails Power GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Method for landing a kite system, and kite system" was invented by Benjamin Alves (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for landing a kite system (23), in which the kite system (23) comprises a kite (14) and a control pod (25). The kite (14) is held on the control pod (25) via a line system (24). The control pod (25) is held during normal operation of the kite system (23) via a tether (15) on a ground-based attachment point (16, 44). A sail surface of the kite (14) is spanned by a first kite part (40) and a second kite part (41). A con...