US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 13 for "System and method for launching a payload from an aircraft" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,957, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for launching a payload from an aircraft" was invented by Norman Allen Tolentino (Westminster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for launching a payload from an aircraft includes a magazine and a conveying mechanism. The magazine has a payload chamber at a first end of the magazine for retaining the payload and an exit port through which the payload may be launched, with the magazine configured to be disposed at or below an outer skin surface of the aircraft. The conveying mechanism includes a rotatable conveying member for contact...