ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,608, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Heliport docking system" was invented by Matthew Holvey (North Richland Hills, Texas) and Michael McNair (Weatherford, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heliport docking system provides automated transport, fueling, maintenance, and logistical management of VTOLs. The heliport docking system can include a plurality of helipads that can be autonomously transported from area-to-area to assist in the logistics of heliport management and control. The helipad system can include a surface on which a VTOL can land a controller that can perform functio...