ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,269, issued on March 18.
"Urban air mobility cargo module swapping system" was invented by Bruno Mombrinie (Forestville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo module swapping system for an electronic short take-off and landing aerial vehicle, including an autonomously driven robotic vehicle for transporting and swapping cargo modules on an autonomous electric aircraft. The robotic vehicle has two or more robotic arms for controlled material handling and manipulation, each configured to install, remove, and replace cargo bins directly onto the aft end of a forward portion of a central fuselage of an electric short take-off an...