US Patent Issued to Wing Aviation on March 3 for "UAV having lower cargo bay door(s)" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,303, issued on March 3, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"UAV having lower cargo bay door(s)" was invented by Jasper Lewin (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Jesse Blake (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UAV having a fuselage body including a cavity that forms a cargo bay for transporting a payload, and a lower access opening providing an exit for the payload from the cargo bay, the lower access opening including a lower cargo bay door, an actuator positioned in the fuselage body, a linkage assembly connected to the actuator and connected to the lower cargo bay door, wherein the actuator and linkage asse...