US Patent Issued to Wing Aviation on April 7 for "Package coupling apparatus with attachment plate for securing a package to a UAV and method of securing a package for delivery" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,157, issued on April 7, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Package coupling apparatus with attachment plate for securing a package to a UAV and method of securing a package for delivery" was invented by Jesse Blake (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Evan Twyford (Mountain View, Calif.), Ivan Qiu (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jasper Lewin (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The package coupling apparatus includes a support plate configured to be secured to an upper surface of the package and a handle extending up...