US Patent Issued to Anduril Industries on Dec. 9 for "Aerial vehicle with deployable components and configurable gearbox" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,983, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

"Aerial vehicle with deployable components and configurable gearbox" was invented by Nicholas Robert Alley (Marietta, Ga.), Joshua Lemming Steele (Marietta, Ga.), Jesse Owen Williams (Marietta, Ga.) and Daniel Kuehme (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned aerial vehicle with deployable components (UAVDC) is disclosed. The system may include a sweeping gearbox designed to deploy at least one wing from a compact to a deployed arrangement. A controller may be configured to detect launch conditions, monitor for conditions, and trigger t...