ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,440, issued on July 22, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Aerial vehicle with deployable components" was invented by Nicholas Robert Alley (Marietta, Ga.), Joshua Lemming Steele (Marietta, Ga.), Jesse Owen Williams (Marietta, Ga.), Daniel Kuehme (Marietta, Ga.) and Jonathan Caleb Phillips (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having wings stowed against a fuselage of the UAV in a first arrangement is disclosed. Methods and systems for deploying the wings into a second arrangement are disclosed. For example, after a launch of the UAV, the UAV monitors for at least o...