ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,920, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to AERONEXT INC. (Tokyo).
"Landing facility, landing method" was invented by Yoichi Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing facility that enables flight vehicles to land safely even in strong winds. The landing system of the invention includes a first area for landing a flight vehicle, a windbreak part having a predetermined height and cover part at least a portion of the perimeter of the first area, and a second area located away from the windbreak part, where the flight vehicle descends to a predetermined flight altitude. The flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height ...