US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on June 30 for "Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing gear system for holding delivery canisters" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,382, issued on June 30, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing gear system for holding delivery canisters" was invented by Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Julian Bell (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Landing gear, aspects of which are usable by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprises a first leg with a first leg landing end and a first leg connection end, and a second leg with a second leg landing end and a second leg connection end. The first leg connection end is directly coupled to the second leg connection end at an engagement location. A tens...