US Patent Issued to TowFLEXX MilTech on Aug. 25 for "Offline intelligence advanced driver assistance system for aircraft towing" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,611, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TowFLEXX MilTech Inc. (New Castle, Del.).

"Offline intelligence advanced driver assistance system for aircraft towing" was invented by Axel Schickling (Visbek, Germany), Tobias Strobl (Las Vegas) and Reuben Brasher (Daly City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for autonomous aircraft towing includes a tow vehicle with a turntable lifting unit for engaging an aircraft's nose landing gear, a sensor system, and an Offline Intelligence Advanced Driver Assistance System (OI-ADAS) integrated with the tow vehicle. The OI-ADAS includes a local processing unit that processes sensor data in ...