US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 5 for "Systems and methods for joining modules of airborne vehicles" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,510, issued on May 5, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for joining modules of airborne vehicles" was invented by Eric Seeley (Seebeck, Wash.) and Jacob Snow (Bremerton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airborne vehicle comprising modular elements and attachable components, including a male end adapted to join a single-piece female end by rotating the male end into the single-piece female end such that data bus terminals align and power bus terminals align. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet ...